1. The Solar System

2. You will learn
• What is the Sun?
• What are planets?
• What type of planets are there?
• What is the Solar System?

3. The Sun
• The Sun is a smallish,
coolish, middle aged
star

4. Planets
• Planets are
• orbit around a star
• have enough mass
to be round
• have enough mass
to have cleared
little rocks around
them

5. Rocky Planets
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars

6. Gas Planets
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

7. Dwarf Planets
• Pluto
• Eris
• Ceres
• MakeMake

8. The Solar System