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Our Solar System
Ms. Barry’s 3rd Grade Science Class
Period 2
THE SUN
• IS A STAR IN THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM
• ALL PLANETS IN OUR GALAXY REVOLVE
AROUND THE SUN
• A VERY HOT, LARGE STAR
MERCURY
• THE SMALLEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
• THE PLANET CLOSEST TO THE SUN
• HAS NO MOONS
VENUS
• SECOND PLANET FROM THE SUN
• HAS NO MOONS
• NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GODDESS OF
LOVE AND BEAUTY
EARTH
• THE PLANET YOU LIVE ON!
• THIRD PLANET FROM THE SUN
• HOME TO MILLIONS OF SPECIES, INCLUDING
HUMANS
• HAS ONE MOON
MARS
• FOURTH PLANET FROM THE SUN
• KNOWN AS THE “RED PLANET” DUE TO ITS
REDDISH APPEARANCE
• MARS HAS TWO MOONS
JUPITER
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FIFTH PLANET FROM THE SUN
LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
HAS 63 MOONS!
GIANT, GAS PLANET
SATURN
• THE SIXTH PLANET FROM THE SUN
• SATURN HAS NINE RINGS AROUND IT
• THE RINGS ARE MADE FROM ICE AND DUST
PARTICLES
• SECOND LARGEST PLANET IN SOLAR SYSTEM
URANUS
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THE SEVENTH PLANET FROM THE SUN
SURROUNDED BY RINGS AND MOONS
1ST PLANET DISCOVERED WITH A TELESCOPE
COLDEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
NEPTUNE
• EIGHTH AND FARTHEST PLANET FROM THE
SUN
• NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA
• 17 TIMES THE MASS OF THE EARTH
• HAS 13 MOONS
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A GREAT WAY TO REMEMBER THE
ORDER OF THE PLANETS
My
Very
Elegant
Mother
(MERCURY)
(VENUS)
(EARTH)
(MERCURY)
• Just
• Served
• Us
(JUPITER)
• Noodles
(NEPTUNE)
(SATURN)
(URANUS)