Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHSWVLwbbNw&NR=1
- http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm
- http://www.iau.org/iau0602.423.0.html
- http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_systemlevel2/solar
system.html;http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/index.cfm - http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
- http://www.nineplanets.org/
- http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/orderingplanets.htm
- http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/
es2701/es2701page01.cfm?chapter_no=27 - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/formation.html
- http://www.solarviews.com/cap/misc/ssanim.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/
Vocabulary
geocentric model Model used by the ancient Greeks that puts the Earth at the center of
the universe.
heliocentric model Model proposed by Copernicus that put the Sun at the center of the
universe.
moon A celestial object that orbits a larger celestial object.
nebula An interstellar cloud of gas and dust.
nebular hypothesis The hypothesis that our solar system developed from a spinning
cloud of gas and dust, or a nebula.
planet Around,celestialobjectthatorbitsastarandhascleareditsorbitofsmallerobjects.
solar system The Sun and all the objects that revolve around the Sun as a result of
gravity.
Points to Consider
- Would you expect all the planets in the solar system to be made of similar materials?
Why or why not?