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LER6040

Ages

5+

Grades

K+
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Make your whiteboard
come alive with science!
AverageDistance Approximate ApproximateVolume Numberof Planet Type Rings
fromthe Sun Diameter (Comparedto Earth)
KnownMoons
(asof 2009)
Sun n/a 1,392,000km About1,300,000 times
(864,000miles) greater than Earth's n/a n/a n/a
InnerPlanets
Mercury 5.79million km 4,879 km
(35million miles) (3,032miles) About 6% of Earth's 0 Rocky/Terrestrial No
Venus 108million km 12,104 km
(67million miles) (7,521miles) About86% of Earth's 0 Rocky/Terrestrial No
Earth 149million km 12,756 km 1.08x 1012 km3
(93million miles) (7,926miles) (261 billion cubic miles) 1 Rocky/Terrestrial No
Mars 227million km 6,792km
(141million miles) (4,222 miles) About 15% of Earth's 2 Rocky/Terrestrial No
OuterPlanets
Jupiter 778million km 142,984 km About 1,316 times
(483million miles) (88,846miles) greaterthan Earth's 63 MostlyGas Yes
Saturn 1.4trillion km 120,536 km About 752 times
(886million miles) (72,367miles) greaterthan Earth's 60 MostlyGas Yes
Uranus 2.8trillion km 51,118km About 67 times
(1.78trillion miles) (31,518miles) greater than Earth's 27 Mostly Gas Yes
Neptune 4.5trillion km 49,528km About 54 times
(2.79trillion miles) (30,601miles) greater than Earth's 13 Mostly Gas Yes
Pluto 5.9trillion km 2,390km Less than 1%
(DwarfPlanet) (3.67trillion miles) (1,491miles) ofEarth's 3 MostlyGas & Ice No

Key Vocabulary

Asteroid large space rock covered with craters; most asteroids orbit the
sun in the asteroid "belt" located between Mars and Jupiter; asteroids
can be as small as a few hundred meter wide to as big as 965 km
(600 miles) wide
dwarf planet object orbiting the sun that is big and heavy enough to
resemble a planet, but not quite big enough to have its own clear orbit
around the sun; Pluto is a dwarf planet
galaxy grouping of billions of stars held together by gravity whose shapes
include spiral, elliptical, and irregular; our solar system is part of the spiral-
shaped Milky Way Galaxy
gas planet sometimes called a Jovian, or giant, planet, which is made of
mostly gas and lacks a clearly defined surface; includes Jupiter,Saturn,
Neptune, and Uranus
inner planets the first four planets that orbit the sun before the asteroid
belt; includes Mercury,Venus, Earth, and Mars
moon a natural satellite orbiting a planet
orbit elliptical path followed by planets and other space objects as they
revolve around other objects of greater gravity,like the sun
outer planets the five planets that orbit the sun outside the asteroid belt;
includes Jupiter,Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto (dwarf planet)
rocky planet solid-surfaced planet that is also called a terrestrial planet;
includes Mercury,Venus, Earth, and Mars
solar system consists of a star and all the objects orbiting that start along
with any other material contained in the system; our solar system includes
the sun, its eight planets, their moons, and all the other celestial bodies and
materials that orbit the sun, including dwarf planets, comets, and asteroids
star stars are giant burning ball of hydrogen and helium gas that give off
both light and heat; red and orange stars are cooler than the hotter white
or blue colored stars; the sun, although large to everyone on Earth, is
considered to be an average star in size (about 1,392,000 km or 864,000
miles across).
Turnyour whiteboard into an out-of-this-world adventure with this colorful
set of magnets. Go beyond decoration and use the magnets for discussion
and sorting activities such as planet order,size, planet type, and more!

Care Instructions

Write on magnets with a dry or wet-erase marker for multiple uses. Test
your marker on the corner of a magnet to make sure marks erase. Erase
wet-erase marks with a damp cloth. Do not saturate the magnet. Toomuch
water will damage the product. Do not bend the magnets as this will
decrease their magnetism.

Solar System Facts

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Sun
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Earth
Venus
Mars
AstroidBelt
Mercury
Moon
Pluto