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The Planets
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Planets
Sara
By Sara Rewcastle
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Table Of Contents
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The Inner Planets- p.3
Venus- p.4
Dwarf Planets- p.5
The Outer Planets- p.6
Saturn- p.7
Neptune- p.8
Fast Facts- p.9
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The Inner Planets
• Did you know the inner planets are closer the
to sun than all the other planets? There are 4
inner planets. The inner planets move slowly
because they are rocky. The inner planets are
also referred to as terrestrial planets because
they have a hard surface.
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Venus
• Did you know Venus is hotter than Mercury
even though Mercury is closer to the sun? This
happens because Venus has a thick cloud that
is like a greenhouse. Venus is named after the
Roman god of love and beauty. There is sand,
volcanoes and mountains. Venus has no
moons.
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Dwarf Planets
• Did you know there are 5 known Dwarf
Planets in our solar system? They are Pluto,
Eris, Ceres, Haumea and Makemake. Dwarf
planets are too small to clear their
neighborhoods because they are mixed in
with asteroids. Eris is the biggest Dwarf Planet
in our solar system. Pluto has three moons.
The mantle layer on Ceres could contain more
fresh water than Earth’s surface!
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The Outer Planets
• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are Outer
Planets. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our
solar system. The Outer Planets move quickly
because they are made of gas and they are
called gas giants. All Outer Planets have rings.
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Saturn
• This: is the symbol for Saturn. Saturn is the
sixth planet from the sun and since it is an
Outer Planet, it is made of gases. Saturn is the
second largest planet in the solar system. It is
74,899 miles wide (120,535 kilometers).
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Neptune
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is the symbol for Neptune. A day on
Neptune is 16 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2,797
million miles from the sun and has 13 moons.
Triton is Neptune’s largest moon and is 1,678
miles wide.
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Fast Facts
• In the solar system, there are 172 known
moons.
• If there was an ocean big enough for Neptune,
it would float because Neptune is made out of
gas.
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