Astronomy

Philip
Destefano
The scientific study and observation of
the universe beyond Earth including
stars, planets, comets and galaxies.
 Galaxies

Elliptical

Spiral
Barred Spiral
 Inner Planets
These are also known as the Rocky
Planets

Mercury;
Venus; Earth; Mars;
Named after the
Named after May have Named
Roman god
the Roman been after the
messenger.
goddess of named Roman
love and Oceans god of
beauty. and water war.
 Outer Planets
Gas Giants

Jupiter
Saturn
Named after the
Roman king of the Named after the Roman
gods,because it is God of harvest because
very large it’s only visible during
growing season
 Pluto
(Not actual size)

I believe Pluto
should not be a
Sorry Pluto… planet because it
is so small and
Pluto has not
been visited so
we shouldn’t
even be able to
tell.
 Day and Night
Day Night

Us
Us

The Earth
Rotates
around an
Axis
 The Four Seasons
Us Us

We are
tilted away We are tilted
from the towards the
sun, so it is sun, so it is
colder. hotter.
We are now We are now
in Winter in Summer
 Gravity
The
invisible
force
that pulls
you
towards
the
center of
a Planet
The Moon
 Lunar Eclipse
When Earth is blocking the Sunlight from
the Moon We see:

= Sunlight
 Solar eclipse
The moon is blocking the Sun, so we can
see the Sun We see:
The sun’s corona is the flashing
thing around the edge of the moon

= Sunlight
Constellations and Stars

Big Dipper