Glossary The Solar System Italian English asteroide canale composizione chimica corona solare cratere cromosfera densità diametro elementi pesanti elio energia irraggiata Giove idrogeno macchie solari Marte massa Mercurio meteorite morfologia Nettuno nucleo ombra orbita periodo di rivoluzione/orbitale periodo di rotazione pianeta nano pianeti terrestri Plutone protuberanze solari satellite Saturno sistema solare temperatura interna temperatura superficiale Urano Venere zona convettiva zona radiativa asteroid channel chemical composition solar corona crater chromosphere density diameter heavy elements helium radiate energy Jupiter hydrogen sunspots Mars mass Mercury meteorite morphology Neptune core shadow orbit revolution/orbital period rotation period dwarf planet terrestrial planets Pluto solar prominences satellite Saturn Solar System internal temperature surface temperature Uranus Venus convective zone radiative zone Museo delle Scienze – via Calepina 14, 38122 Trento (Italia) SERVIZI EDUCATIVI: tel. 848 004 848 – e-mail: [email protected] Journey to the Solar System The origins: pre-solar nebula The origins – an artistic view 4,5 billions years ago Other solar system in our galaxy Fomalhaut’s planet A wrong solar system A scale model of the planets Sun and Earth: their size Sun’s diameter is 109 time bigger than the Earth The true size of the planets A wrong solar system The true orbits of the planets Sun and Earth – their mass Sun is 330.000 time heavier than the Earth The Sun: our star The inner structure 8 planets Terrestrial planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Gaseous planets Jupiter The bigger satellites of Jupiter Saturn The rings of Saturn Uranus Neptune [ I Satelliti ] Satellites Asteroids The asteroid’s belt The comets The comets The tail of a comet Comet’s orbit Dwarf planets Ceres Eris Pluto MakeMake