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A ninth large planet may lurk deep in the outer solar system. The planet, illustrated here, is far from the sun and thought to be gaseous like Uranus and Neptune, though smaller than both ice giants. More information in http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/150119-new-ninth-planet-solar-system-space/

Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Neptune was the Roman god of freshwater and the oceans in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. Neptune was likely initially associated with fresh water springs and streams before the sea. He was worshiped by the Romans also as a god of horses, being the patron of horse-racing. The son of Saturn and Ops, is always represented bearing a trident for a scepter. In Roman mythology, the consort of Neptune, a comparatively minor figure, was Salacia, the goddess of saltwater. The Neptunalia was the festival of Neptune on July 23, at the height of summer. The date and the construction of tree-branch shelters suggest a primitive role for Neptune as god of water sources in the summer's drought and heat. The adjective neptunian in the geological sense, refers to actions of water opposed to volcanic. __________________ Neptuno era el dios romano del agua dulce y de los océanos en la religión romana. Es el equivalente del ...

Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Uranus was the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His equivalent in Rome was Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, he was the son and husband of Gaia, the Mother Earth. Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but both were the parents of the first generation of Titans, and so, the ancestors of most of the Greek gods. Nevertheless no cult addressed directly to Uranus survived into Classical times, and Uranus does not appear among the usual themes of Greek painted pottery. Nevertheless he is remembered for his role one important myth, the birth of Aphrodite. In the most famous version of the myth, her birth was the consequence of a castration: Cronus severed Uranus' genitals and threw them behind him into the sea. The foam from his genitals gave rise to Aphrodite. It is anomalous that, while the other planets take Roman names, Uranus is a name derived from Greek. In the 19th-century the term uranian was referred to a person with problems of...

Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit Saturn was a god in ancient Roman religion. Saturn is a complex figure because of his multiple associations and long history. He was the first god of the Capitol, known since the most ancient times and was seen as a god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodical renewal and liberation. In later developments he came to be also a god of time. The Romans identified Saturn with the Greek Cronus, whose myths were adapted for Latin literature and Roman art. Saturn had two consorts who represented different aspects of the god. Ops, the equivalent of Greek Rhea that means "wealth, abundance, resources." and Lua that means "destruction, dissolution, loosening". Saturday is derived from Saturn as well as the adjective saturnine (gloomy) related to his role in mythology and astrology. ___________________ Saturno era un dios de la antigua religión romana. Es una figura compleja, debido a sus múltiples aso...

Picture by/Imagen de Christina Balit In ancient Rome, Jupiter was the king of the gods and the god of sky, lightning and thunder. He was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire. The Romans regarded Jupiter as the equivalent of the Greek Zeus, and after the fusion, became also the god of law, order and justice. He was the son of Saturn and Ops, and like in Greek mythology he defeated his father. The day of the week Jueves derives from him. He presided the realm of the sky. __________________ En la antigua Roma, Júpiter era el rey de los dioses y el dios del cielo, los relámpagos y los truenos. Era el principal deidad de la religión del estado romano a lo largo de las épocas republicanas e imperiales, hasta que el cristianismo se convirtió en la religión dominante del Imperio. Los romanos consideraban a Júpiter como el equivalente del Zeus griego, y después de la fusión, s...

If you found difficult or extensive my explanations of the planets, you'll find a summary of each of them in the following power point. Enjoy. ____________ Si te han parecido difíciles o extensas las explicaciones sobre los planetas, encontrarás un resumen de cada uno de ellos en el siguiente power point. Que lo disfrutes. Los planetas del sistema solar View more presentations from manisero399 .

If you want to see stunning pictures of the Solar System provided by NASA click below and discover the wonders of our system. Si quieres ver unas fotos impresionantes del Sistema Solar de la NASA haz click debajo y descubre de cerca las maravillas de nuestro sistema. Visit My Photos - 26 Pics Fotos del Sistema Solar

If you want to know how to call the different parts of the solar system in English, click on the image. Si quieres saber como se llaman las diferentes partes del Sistema Solar en Inglés, haz click en la imagen.

If you have found the above explanations  difficult, you can check this link of science education for children and read the explanation given about the solar system. http://educa-ciencia.com/sistema-solar-primaria.htm Si las explicaciones anteriores te han sido difíciles, puedes consultar esta página de educa-ciencia y leer la explicación para niños que se da sobre el Sistema Solar.

In the following link, you will find an entertaining tour through the Solar System, with allits major bodies. It's interesting to see in scale the distance between planets. Note that Eris is called Xena (provisional name when it was discovered). Makemake and Haumea had not yet been classified as dwarf planets when this program first saw the light. Hope you like it. To take the tour, click the link below: ___________________ En el siguiente link, encontraréis un entretenido paseo por el Sistema Solar, con los planetas más importantes. Es interesante ver "a escala" la distancia entre planetas. Observad que Eris es llamado Xena (su nombre provisional cuando fue descubierto). Makemake y Haumea aún no habían sido catalogados como planetas enanos cuando se realizó este programa. Espero que os guste. Para dar el paseo, pincha aquí: Paseo por el Sistema Solar

Neptune is the eighth and last "huge" planet in the Solar System. It is part of the so-called gas giants, and was discovered, as Ceres and Uranus through mathematical predictions. Neptune's magnetic field is also highly tilted at 50 degrees to the axis of rotation and displaced at least 13,500 km from the physical center. It is thought that this extreme orientation may be characteristic of internal flows of the planet and not the result of the tilt of the planet itself or of any possible reversals at the fields of Neptune or Uranus. Although it is very far from the sun, the planet seems to have an internal heat source. Neptune's atmosphere has a slot structure and composition similar to that found in the other gas giants, as well as phenomena such as hurricanes occur in the giants, whose diameter would be similar to that of Earth. There are thirteen known moons of Neptune. The largest is Triton, which owns more than 99.5% of the mass in the orbit around Neptune and...

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest. The main feature of Uranus is the inclination of its axis almost ninety degrees with respect to its orbit, an inclination which is not only limited to the same planet, but its rings, satellites and magnetic field. Uranus has the most uniform surface of all the planets by their characteristic blue-green color produced by the combination of gases in its atmosphere. Although at first glance it may not seem, it has a system of rings, including one blue. It is also a gaseous planet. As happens with Venus, Uranus has a retrograde motion, turning clockwise. The planet has an atmosphere formed by a mixture of hydrogen and helium and traces of methane (being about 15% of its planetary mass) and the mantle would be formed by ice and chemical oceans, water, ammonia and methane, providing a high electrical conductivity. Uranus has 27 known moons, Titania and Oberon being the largest with a similar size (1580 and 1520 km in diameter...

Saturn is the sixth planet in distance from the sun, it is the second largest in size and mass after Jupiter and is the only planet in our solar system with a ring system visible from Earth. Saturn's atmosphere has a system of light and dark stripes similar to those of Jupiter and has strong winds dominated by intense equatorial current level cloud height, which has been reached to date at speeds of up to 450 m / s. This atmosphere is formed in larger proportion by hydrogen and helium, along with traces of other gases. The planet itself comprises a 90% hydrogen and 5% of helium, and possibly higher clouds are formed of crystals of ammonia. Saturn is attributed to have a large number of natural satellites, 65 in total, the largest of which, Titan is the only satellite in the solar system with a substantial atmosphere. Saturn takes nearly 30 Earth years to circle the Sun and its diameter is 116,000 km. ____________________________ Saturno es el sexto planeta del Sistema Solar, ...

Jupiter is the fifth planet in distance from the sun. It is part of the so-called gaseous planets. It is the largest of the planets in the Solar System. It is known for its stripped atmosphere. One of the most marked features is the Great Red Spot, which has been known since 1664. Jupiter's atmosphere does not have a clear boundary with the liquid inside the planet. It is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium, and contain traces of methane, water vapor, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide. In the planet's interior we find hydrogen, helium and argon progressively compressed, and it is believed to exist beneath a rocky core composed mainly of ice and denser materials about seven Earth masses. Jupiter has at least 63 moons. The ones called Galilean (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) resemble inner solar system planets by size and composition. Its diameter is 139,892 km and it takes almost 12 Earth years to circle the Sun ________________________ Júpiter es el quinto plan...

A planet is an astronomical object orbiting a star (the Sun in our Solar system) or stellar remnant  that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity. The planets in our system might be divided in three groups according to the IAU definition of planet of 2006: - Inner terrestial rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. - Outer gas giant Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.  - Dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. According to the IAU resolution, the definition of planet in the Solar System set in 2006 states that a planet is a celestial body which: is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape) is not a satellite of a planet or any other stellar body. There is a forth rule, much discussed, that sets a difference between dwarf planets and the classical ones: has "cleared the neighbourhood" around its orbit. Bodies which fulfill the first two...

Here you have a funny video about the planets that form our solar system; in which we see the eight planets and five dwarf planets  according to their distance from the Sun. The video is accompanied by music to make it more entertaining and information about their diameter and location in English. Hope you enjoy. ______________________ Aquí os dejo un entretenido video sobre los planetas del Sistema Solar en el que vemos, de manera tridimensional, a los ocho planetas  y a los cinco planetas enanos que lo forman, según su distancia desde el Sol. El vídeo va acompañado de música para hacerlo más ameno y de información sobre su diámetro y situación, eso sí, en inglés. Espero que lo disfrutéis.