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Venus Is The Second: Planet Sun Earth Roman Goddess Moon Apparent Magnitude Inferior Planet Elongation

The sun is the closest star to Earth and the center of our solar system. It is a giant ball of hot gas that provides light and heat to make life possible on Earth through nuclear fusion reactions. The solar system consists of 8 planets including Mercury, the smallest planet that orbits the sun and has no moons or rings. Venus is the second planet and is very bright in the night sky. Earth is the third planet and is the densest terrestrial planet capable of supporting life. Mars is the fourth planet and has the largest volcano and longest canyon in the solar system. Jupiter is the largest planet and over 2.5 times more massive than all other planets combined. Saturn is the second largest planet and is known for its rings.

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Venus Is The Second: Planet Sun Earth Roman Goddess Moon Apparent Magnitude Inferior Planet Elongation

The sun is the closest star to Earth and the center of our solar system. It is a giant ball of hot gas that provides light and heat to make life possible on Earth through nuclear fusion reactions. The solar system consists of 8 planets including Mercury, the smallest planet that orbits the sun and has no moons or rings. Venus is the second planet and is very bright in the night sky. Earth is the third planet and is the densest terrestrial planet capable of supporting life. Mars is the fourth planet and has the largest volcano and longest canyon in the solar system. Jupiter is the largest planet and over 2.5 times more massive than all other planets combined. Saturn is the second largest planet and is known for its rings.

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Sun the sun is the closest star to earth and is the center of our

solar system. A giant spinning ball of very hot gas,the sun is fueled by nuclear fusion reactions.the light from the sun heats our planet and makes life possible.

mercury: mercury the planet nearest the sun ,is also the smallest
planet in the solar system.only slightly larger than the earths moon. Mercury;s surface is covered eith craters. This tiny planet does not have any rings or moon.

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of [13] 4.6, bright enough to cast shadows. Because Venus is an inferior planet from Earth, it never appears to venture far from the Sun: its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8. Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it has been referred to by ancient cultures as the Morning Star or Evening Star.

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Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial [22] planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world, the Blue Planet, or by its Latin [note 6] name, Terra.

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish [14] appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thinatmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps ofEarth. The rotational period and seasonal cycles of Mars are likewise similar to those of Earth, as is the tilt that produces the seasons. Mars is the site of Olympus Mons, the second highest known mountain within the Solar System (the tallest on a planet), and of Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons. The smooth Borealis basin in the northern hemisphere covers 40% of the planet and may be a giant impact feature.
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the Solar [13] System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,Uranus and Neptune

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Named after the Roman god Saturn, its astronomical symbol () represents the god's sickle. Saturn is a gas giant with an average radius about nine [12][13] times that of Earth. While only one-eighth the average density of Earth, with its [14][15][16] larger volume Saturn is just over 95 times more massive than Earth.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both are of different chemical composition than the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, astronomers sometimes place them in a separate category called "ice giants".

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is somewhat more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which [12] is 15 times the mass of Earth but not as dense. On average, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU, approximately 30 times the EarthSun distance. Named for theRoman god of the sea, its astronomical symbol is , a stylised version of the god Neptune's trident.

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