Spectacular Space Facts A Journey Through Our Solar System

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Spectacular Space Facts A Journey Through Our
Solar System
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Mercury-The Closet Planet to the Sun

• second smallest planet in the solar system
• rocky planet
• has many craters
• can be 300 degrees below zero -700 degrees above
  zero (depending on its location to the sun)

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Venus - Second Planet from the Sun

• almost the same size as Earth
• rocky planet
• 900 degrees Fahrenheit
• winds faster than a tornado (about 240 miles per
  hour)

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Earth - Third Planet from the Sun

• our home in the planetary neighborhood
• 93 million miles from the sun
• 7,600 miles in diameter
• 24,000 miles around

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Mars - Fourth Planet from the Sun

• known as the Red Planet
• smaller than the earth
• rocky and dusty planet
• cold planet (from 10 degrees below zero-160
  degrees below zero)

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Jupiter - Fifth Planet from the Sun

• largest planet in our solar system
• over 85,000 miles in diameter (1300 Earths could
  fit inside)
• gas planet
• clouds are constantly swirling around the planet

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Saturn - Sixth Planet from the Sun

• the ringed planet
• rings are made of dust and ice
• second largest planet in the solar system
• gas planet very light in weight

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Uranus - Seventh Planet from the Sun

• about four times the size of Earth
• has faint rings made of dark, rocky material
• first planet to be discovered by an astronomer
• gas planet

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Neptune - Eighth Planet from the Sun

• about four times the size of Earth
• has rings made of small, dark clumps of rock
• gas planet
• has winds blowing as fast as 1200 miles per hour

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Pluto - Ninth Planet from the Sun

• the most distant planet in our solar system
• the smallest planet in our solar system
• only planet that has not been explored with a
  spacecraft
• made of rocks and ices

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Can you name all the planets in our solar system
in order from the sun?
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Our Planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, theyre not stars, Uranus,
Neptune, Pluto last, Now lets hear you say them
fast!