Week 6 - All about the Sun

Mission Control Published 27 November

Week 6

You are now in the final week of your mission and you will find out about gravity and weight in space and on planet Earth. You will also find out about the Sun and the role it plays in our solar system.

the sun.jpg The Sun is the most prominent feature in our solar system and temperatures at the centre of the sun reach 15,000,000°. The Sun is a lot larger than planet Earth.

Q. How many Earths do you think will fit inside the Sun?

The last solar eclipse of the sun was in 29 March 2006 and the next one will be on 1 August 2008.

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Alanah and Sophie said:: We found a really cool site which let us work out what we'd weigh on other planets because of the differences in gravity.
November 27, 2006 11:25
Courtney said:: We found out that there is gravity in space but not enough to hold a person down on the ground.
November 27, 2006 11:37
Emily and Lauren said:: We found out how you would drink in space! They can drink their juice in bubbles that float around in the space ship!!!!!
November 27, 2006 11:37
KATIE said:: We found out that the bigger the planet the stronger the gravity is.
November 27, 2006 11:37
Rory said:: Thank you for helpping us learn things about space we learned that if you poor a bottle of water it will not come out all runny but it will come out in small spheres.
November 27, 2006 11:38
calum and michael said:: We learnt that in space your insides float because there is no gravity.
November 27, 2006 11:38
Alyx and Sophie said:: We learnt that the bigger the planet is ,the more gravity it has.It was interesting to find it out.
November 27, 2006 11:39
Adam and Jamie said:: We learned that in space any liquids don't pour out like normal they turn into little spheres. Also they have to strap thier feet to the ground when they're doing the toilet.

November 27, 2006 11:39
Rachel and Ayla said:: Last week we found a really cool site that told us all about how they drink in space.The water comes out in little round balls.
November 27, 2006 11:40
Katie said:: I found out that in space they use rinseless shampoo.
November 27, 2006 11:41
Callum said:: Thank you for helpping us learn things about space.We learned that when a spacecraft is in space it is always falling towards Earth but we don't know because everything else falls at the same speed.
November 27, 2006 11:41
Megan said:: I found out that water doesn't come out in drips like us it comes out in little spheres.
November 27, 2006 11:41
Alyx and Sophie said:: We found out that if you hold juice upside down it comes out in spheres.
November 27, 2006 11:42
Lauren said:: I found out that all the planets orbit the sun,because they are in the Sun's gravity pull.
November 27, 2006 11:42
Lucy said:: I found out that liquid in space goes in to liquid balls but when you touch them they are still wet.
November 27, 2006 11:42
Morganne and Kayleigh said:: We found out that without the sun's pull of gravity all the planets would not be in our Solar System. They would shoot off into the universe.
November 27, 2006 11:42
Cari said:: I found out that you sleep in a sleeping bag that is attached to the wall it looked really weird. I am glad i don't go up into space because it looks realy uncomfy and hard.
November 27, 2006 11:43
Courtney said:: I found out that when you tip a can of juice or liquid it will come out in little balls of liquid but if you touch them you will still get wet.
November 27, 2006 11:43
Jamie and Adam said:: We learned that the sun has the strongest gravity pull in the solar system.
November 27, 2006 11:43
Duncan said:: You need the pull of gravity to hold you down in space.
November 27, 2006 11:43
Patrick and Arthur said:: We found out that in space you never get a bath. To clean you get a hose and cloth. I would not like it.
November 27, 2006 11:44
Megan said:: I found out that the bigger the planet is the stronger the gravity is. I would feel much heavier if i landed on a planet.
November 27, 2006 11:44
Lucy said:: I found our that if there was no sun there would be no planets then there would be no gravity.
November 27, 2006 11:45
Alanah and Hannah said:: We found out about what your age would be on other planets. The further away the planet was the longer it takes to orbit the sun so that means the years are longer. On Saturn we would be less than one year old.
November 27, 2006 11:45
Ayla and Rachel said:: Last week we learnd that gravity holds all nine planets together with out crashing in to each other, and keeps them orbiting around the sun in the same way.

November 27, 2006 11:46
Emily said:: All the planets orbit the sun in an ellipse shape, and also if there was no sun the planets would shoot away through the galaxy.
November 27, 2006 11:47
Rory said:: I learned that the sun has the strongest gravity out of the solar system and that if you took a kilogram weight onto another planet its weight would be different.
November 27, 2006 11:47
Duncan said:: When you live in space all liquid turns into small balls but are still wet to touch.
November 27, 2006 11:48
calum and michael said:: We found out that in space, water comes out of the bottle in balls.

November 27, 2006 11:48
Morganne and Kayleigh said:: We learnt that in a space craft you have to tie a sleeping bag to the wall then you have to climb into the sleeping bag and you would be sleeping in a sleeping bag in the air.
November 27, 2006 11:49
Alanah and Hannah said:: We found out that the bigger the planet the stronger the gravity.
November 27, 2006 11:51
Callum said:: I learned that if a spacecraft is in space it is within Earths orbit.
November 27, 2006 11:52
Patrick said:: We found out that Gravity is not as strong in space and water is like blobs.
November 27, 2006 11:53
Cari said:: I found out that water or any liquid in space doesn't flow like it would normally do but instead it floats about in balls.
The bigger the planet and more density it has the more gravity it will have. The sun keeps all the planets in the same orbit because of the force of the sun's gravity. The gravity pulls everything to the centre from all directions.
November 27, 2006 11:55
Callum and Rory said:: We found out that the bigger and more solid the planet is the stronger gravity pull it has.
November 27, 2006 11:59
Jazmin Langlands said:: I have found out really good information about space over the last few weeks. And I would like to learn more about
it.

November 27, 2006 12:27
calum said:: what is the width of the sun?
November 27, 2006 14:30
Rosa Goldie said:: I have learned about gravity and the heat on all the planets
November 27, 2006 14:40
Catriona Scott said:: I found out that the sun ( the main gravity force ) kept all the planets in place while orbiting.
November 27, 2006 14:42
Chloe Rankin said:: I learned that if you take the Sun away all the planets fly about like mad. I enjoyed Space School.
November 27, 2006 14:42
Jacklyn said:: I found out that if you make the planet orbit the sun very slowly then the planet crashes into the sun!!!!!!
November 27, 2006 14:47
Laura Murdoch said:: I found out that if you take away the sun the planets go out of orbit.
November 27, 2006 14:50
Rebecca Colquhoun said:: I found out that with out the sun we would be flouting around all over the place .
November 27, 2006 14:51
REBECCA SCOTT said:: If you had two people that were the same age,say10,and one went in a rocket to Saturn, went round it, and came back to earth the person who was in the rocket would only be 16. The person who stayed on earth would be105. And you thought maths time was slow!
November 27, 2006 14:52
Alice said:: Hi its me again we are a wee bit further in our topic and this week was OK.
November 27, 2006 14:53
Amy said:: Gravity I found ok but every thing else was fine
November 27, 2006 14:58
KEIRA & AMY said:: hey we have learned loads about gravity. It`s a fun topic in class. We like talking about it in our groups.
We would be happy if you can give us more info about gravity

thanks a bunch
November 28, 2006 13:40
Matt, David, Colin and Thomas PRESENT..... said:: Davids wanted to ask a question for ages! it is..... what will happen when the sun dies?
and Matt wanted to know what colour the sun is and what heat it is?
Its Colin here! I want to know if the sun is a planet that is on fire?

November 28, 2006 13:57
Inveraray Primary said:: We found out that if you change the speed of a planet's orbit the planet moves towards or further away from the sun. If planets moved too close to the sun it would blow up.

If the sun is removed the planet will go away too.

We enjoyed the quiz too - we all got at least 8 out of 10.
November 28, 2006 14:00
craig & natalie said:: nice pickture
November 29, 2006 10:17
Ashleigh said:: what is the coldest part of the sun called?
November 29, 2006 10:25
Ryan Baillie & Eilidh Hume Gilmerton Pirimary said:: Why does the sun not just float away & How big is the solar system.Is a black hole bigger than the sun
November 29, 2006 13:50
lauren said:: how did the sun form ?
November 30, 2006 10:08
rob said:: is a black hole true
December 1, 2006 11:23
Hannah said:: if you are traveling to the sun how far away would you be from it before you burn????
December 3, 2006 12:57
stuart greenhill said:: our p7 are doing a project. we ar geting two shoe boxis one of them we are puting cling filem and the other one we are puting black paper and we are puting it under a lamd.ur p7 were working very. and ticket to space is the bast topic ever.
December 13, 2006 14:55

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