Space Voyage Liz Puchnarewicz Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Space Voyage Liz Puchnarewicz Mullard Space Science Laboratory University College London www. mssl. ucl. ac. uk
Blast off from the Earth 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 St. Cuthbert Mayne Cranleigh
First stop – the Sun This is an X-ray of the Sun!! • Enormous hot ball of gas. • 109 times bigger than the Earth. • Only going to burn for another billion years!
Follow the Sun in the Sky
Follow the Sun in the Sky South East West
The Giant Sundial
So what does this mean? Cranleigh The Earth spins around once a day…
Now – on to Mercury 1 day = 59 Earth days Days very hot – Nights very cold!!!
And the next planet is… Venus!!! 1 day = 243 Earth days 1 year = 225 Earth days!!!
Wave to your Mum – the Earth is next
Did you know that the Earth and Moon are a double planet?
Earth goes around the Sun – Moon goes around the Earth
Earth goes around the Sun – Moon goes around the Earth
These are the phases of the Moon
It’s Mars! Look out for little green men!!! 1 day = 1 Earth day 1 year = 687 Earth days
Great Red Spot Jupiter The nearest and biggest of the giants.
Which is the flattest planet? …Saturn And how do we know? …Because someone ‘saturn’ it!!!
This is Uranus It takes 84 years to go around the Sun
The next giant is Neptune (usually) Scooter Great Dark Spot
And last of all - Pluto … and his friend, Charon. It’s another double planet!
Watch the planets going in circles!
Back to Earth
Journey over!
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