Astronomy

By Hannah
The scientific study and
observation of the universe
beyond earth including
stars,planets,comets and
galaxies.
 Galaxies

Elliptical
 Inner planets

Mercury:a
Roman god;the Earth: it was
Venus: named ocean or Mars: It was
swift and named after the
named water because it
speedy Roman god of
after the is the only planet
messenger of war.
ancient with water.
the gods.It
Roman
orbits the sun
goddess
very quickly
of love
compared to
and
earth. It only
beauty .
takes 88 Earth
days for
Mercury to orbit
the sun.
 Outer Planets/ Gas Giants
• Also known as the Gas Giants

Jupiter: named Saturn: Uranus:

for the Roman Neptune:
named for named for
king of the named for
the the father
gods . the
Roman of all
Roman
god of the Greek
god of
harvest . gods.
sea.
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 Day and Night

Day
Night
 Four Seasons
The Earth is slightly tilted and, it

Springs here.
It is
summer
Winters here.
on this
side.
Falls here.
 Gravity

The sun pulls gravity from

the Earth. But the sun
stays in it’s place.
 Lunar Eclipse

The lunar eclipse –the moon is in the earths shadow.

 Solar Eclipse

The solar eclipse-the moon is in the earths shadow.

 Phases of the Moon

New Moon First New Gibbous moon

waxing Quarter
crescent moon

New moon
 Stars and constellations

Proto star

Nebula Proto star

star
 Phoenix
Phoenix’s nickname is Firebird.