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Our solar system has
inner and outer
planets.
Also our solar system
has a dwarf planet.
All of our planets
revolve around our
central star, or in
other words, a sun.
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The sun is the central
star of the Milky way
galaxy.
Without the sun we
would not be alive.
Our sun provides us
with light, heat, and
energy to live.
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Mercury is the size of
Earth’s moon.
Mercury is covered
with craters.
Mercury is the closest
planet to the sun.
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Venus is the same
size as Earth.
Venus is also the
third brightest object
in the sky.
Venus is made of
volcanoes, lava
plain, craters,
mountain ranges,
and highland
regions.
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Earth is the planet
we live on.
Earth is the largest
inner planet.
Earth’s distance from
the sun helps the
temperature
maintain so it can
support life.
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Mars is also called
the Red Planet.
Mars has two moons
Deimos and Phobos.
Mars is very small
compared to earth.
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The asteroid belt is in
between the outer
and inner planets.
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The asteroid belt is
made of rocks and
other pieces of stuff.
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Jupiter is the largest
planet in our solar
system.
Jupiter has at least
63 moons or more.
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Saturn has rings
around it.
Saturn has at least 31
moons.
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Uranus is a gas giant.
Uranus is sideways
when it orbits the
sun.
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Neptune is one of
the windiest places
in our solar system
It has at least 13
moons.
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Pluto is a dwarf
planet.
Pluto used to be
considered a planet
but now its
considered a dwarf
planet.
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A planet is a big
object that orbits a
star.
Earth is a planet.
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The inner planets are
Mercury, Venus,
Earth, and Mars.
The inner planets are
the ones before the
asteroid belt.
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The outer planets are
Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and
Neptune.
The outer planets are
the planets after the
asteroid belt.
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A comet is a ball of
ice, rock, and frozen
gases.
Usually comets are
less than 10
kilometers across.
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Constellations are a
group of stars that
form an imaginary
picture in the night
sky.
One of the most
common
constellations is the
Little Dipper.
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During the moon
phases there is
waxing and waning.
When you look at
the moon you think
there are different
shapes of it but it is
just the moon
phases.
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A galaxy is a huge
system of stars, dust ,
and gas.
The galaxy we live in
is called the milky
way.
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This is the powerful
telescope called
Hubble.
There are regular
telescopes also but
you can only see
stars with them.
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A universe is
everything that exists
in space.
There are galaxies
and a whole lot of
stars in the universe.
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Stars are huge
superheated gases.
The color of the star
tells how hot the star
is.
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An axis is an
imaginary line going
through both poles
of a planet.
Earth has an axis.