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The Solar System
The 8 Planets (AND THE SUN!)
THE 8 PLANETS:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Venus
8. Neptune
(9.) the SUN
The 8 Planets
Mercury
Mercury is the SMALLEST planet
and is the closest planet to the
sun!
* If you could stand on the surface of Mercury when
it is closest to the sun, the sun would appear 3 times
as large as it does when viewed from Earth!
Venus
Venus is similar to the size and
structure of Earth but its
atmosphere traps heat and is toxic.
It has a permanent layer of clouds
that traps heat, creating surface
temperatures hot enough to melt
lead. Venus spends slowly in the
opposite direction of the other
planets.
Earth
Earth is the ONLY planet
that inhabits life!
All the things we need to
survive exist under a think
layer of atmosphere that
separates us from the
cold, airless void of
space.
Mars
Mars is a cold desert
world. It is half the size of
Earth and has the same
amount of dry land. Like
Earth, Mars has seasons,
polar ice caps,
volcanoes, canyons and
weather, but its
atmosphere is too thin for
liquid water to exist for
long on the surface.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in
the Solar System! It has dozens
of moons and resembles a star.
The planet’s swirling cloud
stripes are formed from massive
storms such as the Great Red
Spot.
Saturn
Saturn has thousands of
ringlets. The rings around
Saturn are made of chunks
of ice and rock. It is made
up of a massive ball of
hydrogen and helium.
Uranus
Uranus has 13 rings!
It is the only planet
whose equator is
nearly at right
angles to its orbit.
Uranus is blue in
color because its
methane.
Neptune
Neptune has 6 rings! It is a
dark and cold planet, and is
the last of the hydrogen and
helium gas planets in our solar
system. In 2011, Neptune
completed its first orbit since
its discovery in 1846.
The SUN
The Sun is actually a
star! It is a hot ball of
glowing gases at the
heart of our solar
system. If we did not
have the sun, there
would be no life on
Earth!
Solar system

Solar system

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    { The Solar System The8 Planets (AND THE SUN!)
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    THE 8 PLANETS: 1.Mercury 2. Venus 3. Earth 4. Mars 5. Jupiter 6. Saturn 7. Venus 8. Neptune (9.) the SUN The 8 Planets
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    Mercury Mercury is theSMALLEST planet and is the closest planet to the sun! * If you could stand on the surface of Mercury when it is closest to the sun, the sun would appear 3 times as large as it does when viewed from Earth!
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    Venus Venus is similarto the size and structure of Earth but its atmosphere traps heat and is toxic. It has a permanent layer of clouds that traps heat, creating surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead. Venus spends slowly in the opposite direction of the other planets.
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    Earth Earth is theONLY planet that inhabits life! All the things we need to survive exist under a think layer of atmosphere that separates us from the cold, airless void of space.
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    Mars Mars is acold desert world. It is half the size of Earth and has the same amount of dry land. Like Earth, Mars has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons and weather, but its atmosphere is too thin for liquid water to exist for long on the surface.
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    Jupiter Jupiter is thelargest planet in the Solar System! It has dozens of moons and resembles a star. The planet’s swirling cloud stripes are formed from massive storms such as the Great Red Spot.
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    Saturn Saturn has thousandsof ringlets. The rings around Saturn are made of chunks of ice and rock. It is made up of a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
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    Uranus Uranus has 13rings! It is the only planet whose equator is nearly at right angles to its orbit. Uranus is blue in color because its methane.
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    Neptune Neptune has 6rings! It is a dark and cold planet, and is the last of the hydrogen and helium gas planets in our solar system. In 2011, Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846.
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    The SUN The Sunis actually a star! It is a hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our solar system. If we did not have the sun, there would be no life on Earth!