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The Solar system is made up of nine planets,

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**Works Cited** **Sources** : Include the source information for all of the magazine articles, reference sources (encyclopedias) and web site pages that were used to complete your project. The source information for encyclopedias may be found at the end or beginning of each entry in iCONN. When using periodicals, the publication information will be at the beginning or end of the article. This needs to be formatted for MLA standards. If it is not labeled 'Source Citation' it can be formatted appropriately by using EasyBib.com. You should use EasyBib for the web sites. The final Works Cited should be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. "Milky Way." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. "The Milky Way." //WMAP's Universe//. NASA, 28 June 2010. Web. 06 Mar. 2012. . Vergano, Dan. "Galaxy Bracketed by Big Bubbles." //USA Today// 10 Nov. 2010: 05A. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.
 * Sample:**

[] "Sun." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

"Mercury." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. [] "Venus." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

"Earth." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

"Mars." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

"Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. [] All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 [|www.kidsastronomy.com]


 * Your Source List:**

[] ‍"Sun." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

‍"Mercury." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. [] "Venus." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

"Earth." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

‍"Mars." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

"Jupiter." //Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. [] All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 All Pages And Content Copyrighted By KidsKnowIt.com© 1998-2009 [|www.kidsastronomy.com]

**Topic: Research Focus**
 * What is your topic? The Solar System**
 * State the focus of your research: Paragraphs of each planet.**

**Notes** ==== Include notes, statistics and facts that you will use to write your final paper. You may want to label sections of your notes to help you be more organized as you write. As you take notes from a source, you should list the source citation in the Works Cited section above. ====

Sun: The sun is a star, the sun is the center of the solar system, it is about 93 million miles away from earth, burning ball of gases, about 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun, the core or center of the sun is very hot - where the sun makes it's energy, takes a long time for energy to get from the core to the surface, stroms on the sun are called sunspots- they are cool and dark, sends out explosions of energy called sun flames, people planets and animals can not live with out the sun Mercury:closest planet to the sun, named after the roman messenger of the gods, one of the smallest /fastest planets in the solar system, second hottest planet, daytime temp. is abut 792 degrees F. nighttime temps. are average -292 degrees F., no moons, red/yellow color, largest features is the caloris basin- about 807.78 in diameter. Venus: hottest planet, second planet from the sun, brightest object expect for the sun and moons, thick clouds relfect sunlight, venus changes shape(like the moons), called earths twin, closest planet to earth, very dry and hot, gas in the sky(carbion dioxcide), no one can live in venus, a year is 225 days long, one day ther is about 117 Earth days, sun rises in the west sets in the east, rotates a different way from other planets,strong winds blow clouds around venus, clouds made of acid and s yellow, storms in clouds, land on venus is made of cooler lava, has craters cracks and volcanos Earth: The biggest Terrestial planet, diameter is 7926 miles long, circumfrence around the equator is 24901 miles, 30% is land and 70% is water, has one moon named Luna Mars: it's mild temp. is more like Earths then any other planets, might have had rivers.lakes.and oceans, has 2 moons, higher mountains and canyons than any other planet, has the solar systems biggest volcano. Jupiter: by far the largest planet, very stormy planet, storms never seem to end, clouds and storms make jupiter a very colorful planet, jupiters red spot is a storm-also known as the "eye of jupiter", jupiter is also known as a "gas giant" it has no solid surfaces, jupiter has 3 very faint rings, has 50 offical moons and 12 provisional (unoffical) moons, the 4 largest moons were discovered by galileo in 1610, spins really fast-10 hours day&night. Saturn: Second largest planet in the solar system, it is a gas giant, the sky gradually turns into a liquid until it becomes a giant ocean of liquid chemicals, it is least dense planet in the solar system, made up of mostly hydrogen and helium- makes saturn the lightest planet that we know of, would be able to float on water, has very little gravity, is not perfectly round and spins really fast, wider in the middle and more narrow at top and bottom, has beautiful rings and they are 169800 miles wide and are amazingly thin, has 7 total rings-split into categories, they are not solid and are made up of mostly ice rock and dust, the rings are held in place by saturns moons that also orbit the planet, gravity of moons cause gaps between rings, has 53 offical moons and 9 provisional (unoffical) moons, saturn is also the furthest planet from the sun that can be seen without a telescope. Uranus: is also a gas giant, spins on it's side(believed a long time ago a very large object smashed into this planet), it's thick atmosphere is made up of methane hydrogen and helium, is an extremly cold planet- also known as the "ice giant", large rocky core, the surface of uranus may be a huge ocean- this ocean temps. can up as hot as 5000 degrees F., it is almost an identical twin to Neptune, also has rings that are made up of black dust particals and large rocks, has 27 moons,rings rotate up and over instead of around the middle because the tilt of this planet. Neptune: smallest of the 4 gas giants, atmosphere contians hydrogen helium and methane, blue planet with thin white clouds, neptune has a storm called the "Great Dark Spot"- don't know ihow long it was active or if it is still presnet, very windy planet, has about 6 rings that circle the planet, areas of the rings varying thickness throughout them, 13 moons that we know of, it's circular orbit is offset of the sun, in 2011 it completed it's first oribt around the sun since 1846. Pluto: smaller than the 7 moons in the solar system, two-thirds smaller than earths moon, scienctist don't consider pluto a planet because of it's size, known as a dwarf planet, very little is known about pluto and it's moons because it is so far away,has 3 moons it's largest moon is called the double system with pluto.