OUR AMAZING SOLAR SYSTEM

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OUR AMAZING SOLAR SYSTEM!

• Did You Know?
• Mr. Penningtons Class
• 2007-2008

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DID YOU KNOW

• Saturns rings are chunks of ice and rocks?
  Saturns rings orbit Saturn. Saturn got its
  rings by the chunks of ice and rocks that came
  toward Saturn. Saturn sucked them in closer and
  formed a ring shape. One day Saturn will suck in
  the chunks of ice and rock in and Saturn will not
  have any more rings. Saturn is a great planet to
  learn about.
• By Reagen

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DID YOU KNOW

• that black holes are made from stars that blow
  up? The stars gravity pulls all the material
  that remains after the explosion inward,
  squeezing it smaller and smaller. A black hole
  has so strong of gravity that nothing can escape
  from it, not even light. As you can see black
  holes are very interesting.
• By Tyler

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DID YOU KNOW

• that around four and a half billion years ago,
  neither the Earth nor any other planet existed?
  There was just a dark very hot cloud of gas and
  dust going around the newly formed sun.
  Gradually, the cloud cooled and the gas began to
  condense into billions of droplets. Clearly,
  Earth is an important part of our solar system.
• By Rachel

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DID YOU KNOW

• Pluto is a dwarf planet? In 1930, an
  astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
  Pluto is named after the Roman God of the
  underworld. A girl named Venetia Burney from
  England originally suggested the name Pluto.
  Eris is also a dwarf planet and is the largest.
  Xena is another dwarf planet in space. Did you
  learn interesting info about Pluto?
• ByTessa

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DID YOU KNOW

• Do you know what causes summer? The Earth spins
  around. It tilts closest to the sun during the
  summer. The sun shines on the North parts of the
  Earth. These things cause us to have summer!
• By Taylor

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DID YOU KNOW

• that Mercurys nickname is Red Planet. Mercury
  is the next smallest planet to Pluto. Mercurys
  distance from the sun is 36,000,000 miles.
  Mercury has zero moons on its planet. Mercury is
  the coldest planet. Mercury is the closet planet
  to the sun. Mercury takes 88 earth days to orbit
  the sun. Clearly, Mercury is an important to the
  solar system.
• By Sidney

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DID YOU KNOW

• that black holes lead nowhere? If you got sucked
  into a black hole you would get crushed.Black
  holes form by stars building gas and
  exploding.Black holes suck the gas from the
  closest moon but dont suck the hole thing
  in.Black holes can be any size.Did you know about
  black holes? Now you do!
• By Nick

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DID YOU KNOW

• Asteroids are in the solar system. Asteroids are
  the largest of space rocks. Asteroids are very
  big. Asteroids are very hot probably as hot as
  the sun. Asteroids are very unique in many ways.
  
• By Michael
  

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DID YOU KNOW

• Jupiter is an awesome planet? Jupiter has more
  than 60 moons. Also did you know Jupiter is the
  5th planet from the sun. Jupiter is a gas giant.
  Also the Asteroid Belt is located between Jupiter
  and Mars. Jupiter is known for the Great Red
  Spot. Also Jupiter is 11 times the size of our
  Earth. Now do you think Jupiter is a amazing
  planet?
• By Sage

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DID YOU KNOW

• that Venus is almost the same size as Earth?
  Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.
  Thick clouds always cover Venus, and Venus sucks
  in the suns heat. Isnt Venus a really cool
  planet?
• By Mitchell

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DID YOU KNOW

• that Mercury is a very cool planet? Did you know
  that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun but
  its not the hottest? That is because Mercury
  does not have a thick atmosphere so it cant trap
  the heat inside. Mercury is the next smallest
  planet other than Pluto. Did you know that the
  distance between Mercury and the sun is
  36,000,000 miles away? It takes 88 Earth days to
  orbit the sun and it takes 59 Earth days to spin
  on its axis. It has no moons now, that is
  fascinating. Wow, Mercury is a very unique
  planet.
• By Kathryn

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DID YOU KNOW

• that asteroids go really fast? Asteroids
  knocked out all the dinosaurs. Will asteroids hit
  the Earth again? Did you know that the largest
  asteroid is 4,150 feet wide and six hundred feet
  deep? Did you know comets are not as big as
  asteroids? These are some details about
  asteroids.
• By James

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DID YOU KNOW

• Saturns rings are rocks and ice?Saturn got its
  rings by sucking up ice and rocks from the solar
  system.One day Saturn will suck up rocks and ice
  and Saturns rings wont orbit Saturn. Saturn is
  a great planet to learn about.
• By Gracie

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Did You Know

• that the sun is halfway through its life? In
  about five billion years the sun will start to
  become red and it will grow bigger. It will
  become so hot that the ice at the Earths north
  pole will melt and oceans will boil. The sun
  will grow until it swallows all of the planets
  including Earth! The sun will begin to shrink
  and become dimmer and dimmer until it is a small
  faded star called a White Dwarf. Clearly, the
  sun is an important part of our Solar System.
• By Grace

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DID YOU KNOW

• Pluto is not a planet anymore. Pluto is A dwarf
  planet. Pluto is rock and ice. Pluto is so cold.
  Did you know that if you take your helmet off on
  Pluto, then your head would freeze?
• By Gerald

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DID YOU KNOW

• that Pluto is not a planet? Pluto is a dwarf
  planet so that tells us that Pluto is not a
  planet. In 2006 scientists said that Pluto is not
  a planet anymore. In 2003, scientists said that
  they have found a bigger dwarf planet than Pluto.
  Did you know that Pluto has a moon called
  Charon? If you want to learn more, go to the
  computer or read books.
• By Gaby

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DID YOU KNOW

• that stars are made of gases? The sun is a star,
  and there are stars bigger than the sun. The sun
  is the closest star to Earth. Stars come in many
  sizes and when they die they blow up. Stars that
  have a big mass are usually big and bright stars.
  Now do you think stars are amazing?
• By Dustin

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DID YOU KNOW
that Neptune is 2,800,000,000 miles away from
the sun? Also did you know that Neptune has four
rings circling it? Also did you know that Neptune
has a great dark spot. It is a storm just like
the one on Jupiters spot. By Connor
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DID YOU KNOW

• THAT PLUTO IS A DWARF PLANET?
• IN 1930, CLYDE TOMBAUGH DISCOVERED PLUTO? PLUTO
  IS A MIXTURE OF GASES. THE NEW LARGEST DWARF
  PLANET IS ERIS. THE LAST DISCOVERED DWARF PLANET
  WAS XENA.
• BY CAMERON

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DID YOU KNOW

• most of Venus is covered in lava? Venus is the
  second planet from the sun. Another fact about
  Venus is it is about the size of earth. Those are
  some facts about Venus. Truly Venus is an amazing
  planet.
• By Bryce

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DID YOU KNOW

• Jupiter is a unique planet? Jupiters Great
  Red Spot is actually a storm that has existed
  since the seventeenth century. Also Jupiter is a
  gas planet. Once and for all, Jupiter is the
  largest planet in the solar system.
• By
• Alyssa