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Sun
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The sun is actually a star.
Stationary
Center of the Universe
Mercury
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Hot during the day, cold at night
Has no water
Closest to the Sun
Venus
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Brightest planet in our sky
Covered in thick, yellow clouds
Second planet from the Sun
Earth
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75% of the surface is covered by water
Has one moon
Third planet from the Sun
Mars
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Home of the largest volcano found in the solar system
Nicknamed the “Red Planet”
Fourth planet from the Sun
Jupiter
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Largest planet in the solar system
There are thick, colorful clouds of poisonous gases surrounding it
Has a famous “red spot”
Fifth planet from the Sun
Saturn
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Lightest planet in the solar system
Has rings made of ice crystals
Very windy
Sixth planet from the Sun
Uranus
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Orbits laying on its side
First planet discovered by the telescope
Nicknamed the “ice giant”
Seventh planet from the Sun
Neptune
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One year on Neptune is the same as 165 years on Earth
Has the most violent weather in the solar system
Covered in thin, wispy, white clouds
Eighth planet from the Sun
Pluto
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Smallest planet in the solar system
Temperature ranges from -235° C to -210° C because it is so far away from the Sun
In 2006, Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet
Ninth planet from the Sun