Wednesday, April 21, 2010

blog post #1.

Saturn's Rings
Saturn was surrounded by a solid ring. It Is divided in to 5 major components. Those components are the G,C,F,A and B rings. The gap that is between the A and the B ring is called the Cassini division. The F ring is exceedingly faint and closet to the planet. Another thing is that the F ring is a narrow feature just outside the A ring. Sometimes you will see Saturn's rings illuminated by the sun. The outer ring is kept close by the gravitational interaction of two small shepherd moons.
Mars
Mars is known as the "Red Planet". It is called the Red Planet because it commonly appears with a red tinge when it is in the sky. It is the fourth planet from the sun. The rocks and soil have a red hue to them. The atmosphere of mars is different that the one of earth. It is the only planet whose surface can be seen in detail from the earth. Another thing is that Mars has the largest canyon in the solar system.
pluto
Pluto was discovered in 1930. It is 2/3 the size of earth's moon. It is also the farthest known planet from the sun. Pluto has one moon named Charon. Pluto was named after the God Of The Underworld. Also, it has no rings. Charon, pluto's moon appears to be stationary in the sky. Now Pluto is classified as the "dwarf planet". Furthermore, Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar system's moon.s
Asteroid Belt
The asteroild belt is a region between the inner/outer planets where thousands of asteroids are found orbitting around the sun. The main asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. Good thing is that the total mass of all the asteroids is less than that of a moon. Most of the Asteroid belts are rocky.
Kupier Belt
A kupier belt is a region of space along ecliptic on the outside of Neptune. It contains planetesimals and also contains countless comets and "super comets". The kuiper belt is also rocky.

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