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The Solar System
The Solar System
• The Solar System is a collection of
planets, moons and the stars they orbit.
• Our Solar System has nine planets that
orbit the sun.
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• The Sun is the
center of the
Solar System.
• The Sun is a star.
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• Mercury is the
closest planet to
the Sun.
• It is small.
• It is very hot.
• It has no moons.
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• Venus is the
second closest
planet from the
Sun.
• Venus is the
hottest planet.
• It has no moon.
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• We live on the
Earth.
• It is the third
planet from the
Sun.
• The Earth has one
moon.
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• Mars is the
fourth planet
from the Sun.
• Mars is red.
• It has two tiny
moons.
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• Jupiter is the
fifth planet from
the Sun.
• It is the biggest
planet in our Solar
System.
• It has many
moons.
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• Saturn is the
sixth planet from
the sun.
• It has beautiful
rings made of ice
and rocks.
• It has many
moons.
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• Uranus is the
seventh planet
from the sun.
• It is a light-blue
gas.
• It has many
moons.
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• Neptune is the
eighth planet
from the sun.
• Is is alight-blue
gas.
• It has many
moons.
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• Pluto is a rocky
planet.
• It has one moon.
• It is the smallest
planet in our Solar
System.
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• Planet names:
– Mercury: Roman god of war.
– Venus: Greek god of the Sun.
– Mars: Chief of the Roman gods.
– Jupiter: Greek god of the underworld.
– Saturn: Messenger of the Roman gods.
– Uranus: Roman goddess of love.
– Neptune: Stern Roman god.
– Pluto: Greek god of the sea.
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• Planet diameters and distances from the Sun.
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• The nine planets orbit the sun.
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• The time taken to orbit the sun
depends on the distance from the sun.
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