Planetary Exploration Project
PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROJECT
By the end of this project, you will show your mastery of the research process. Below are sources of information that will help your group answer the project questions. The project pages are posted below.
SOURCES
NASA- Solar System Exploration
Areas of the site that will help you: Overview, In Depth, and By the Numbers
Animation of How the Planets Orbit Around the Sun
Fun Fact 1
The sun is 92.96 million miles from Earth. The reason we can feel the heat of the sun because it is around 9932oF on the surface.
Fun Fact 2
Pluto was found in the 1930s, on the very edge of our known solar system. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a regular planet to a dwarf planet because of several factors.
Fun Fact 3
A space suit costs $12 million. 70% is spent on the backpack and control module.
DEFINE * FIND * EVALUATE * ORGANIZE * COMMUNICATE