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The Solar System Advanced Space Academy U.S. Space Rocket Center Formation of the System -Solar nebula -Collapse -Increasing temperature and pressure -Formation of solar system bodies SOLAR SYSTEM PROFILE Life-scale…………………………...4.5 billion years Diameter……………………………..…3 light years Diameter of planetary zone………...7.4 billion miles Known planets…………………….………..………9 Satellites…………………………………..at least 63 Known life-bearing planets……………...…………1 Largest planet……………………………..….Jupiter Smallest planet…………………….……..…….Pluto Planet with the fastest spin…….Jupiter (9:55.05 hrs) MERCURY Eccentric Mercury -Mercury’s orbit around the sun forms a wide ellipse partly due to the gravitational pull on it by the other planets -Mercury rotates on its axis three times while going around the sun twice Missions to Mercury Mariner 10 -Launched Nov. 3, 1973 -Fly-bys on Mar. 29, 1974; Sep. 21, 1974; and Mar. 16, 1975 MESSENGER -Launch windows are Mar 3. – Apr. 6 and Aug. 2 – Aug. 16, 2004 -Fly-bys during July 2007 and April 2008 -Insert into Mercury orbit in April 2009 VENUS Backwards Venus -Relative to the other planets in the solar system, Venus spins backwards on its axis. Early on, when the planets were forming, Venus may have been hit by a massive object that reversed its spin. Venus spins east to west, so the Sun rises there in the west and sets in the east. -Venus takes 243 days to turn once on its axis and 225 days to go around the Sun. It is the only planet that takes longer to turn than to orbit. Missions to Venus Mariner 2 – Launched: Aug. 27, 1962 Arrived: Dec. 14, 1962 Mariner 5 – Launched: June 14, 1967 Arrived: Oct. 19, 1967 Mariner 10 – Launched: Nov. 3, 1973 Arrived: Feb. 5, 1974 Pioneer Venus – Orbiter - Launched: May 20, 1978 Arrived: Dec. 4, 1978 Multiprobes – Launched: Aug. 8, 1978 Arrived: Dec. 9, 1978 Magellan – Launched: May 4, 1989 Arrived: Aug. 10, 1990 EARTH The Moon Diameter: 2,160 miles (3,476 kilometers) Time to Orbit Earth: 27.3 Earth d