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Our Universe
The Sun
Actually a star.
 About 333,000 times the mass of Earth.
 Heat and light travel about 92.96
MILLION miles from the Sun to reach
Earth.
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Mercury
•Closest
•Often
planet to the Sun.
called the “Morning
Star”
•Mercury
is a heavy
planet.
•Because
Mercury is
smaller than Earth, it is
much cooler.
Venus
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The second planet
from the Sun.
Like the Earth,
Venus has an
atmosphere.
Because we cannot
see the surface of
Venus, we do not
know how it looks.
Space Probe
Earth
•The
third planet from
the Sun.
•The
biggest of
terrestrial planets.
•Oasis
of life; the
temperature, weather,
and atmosphere allow
for life to be present.
Mars
Mars is the fourth
planet from the Sun.
 It is known as the
“Red Planet” because
of it’s reddish
atmosphere.
 Mars had two moons.
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 Deimos and Phobos
Jupiter
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Jupiter is the fifth
planet from the Sun.
It is the largest planet
in our solar system.
It is a gaseous planet,
with no solid surface.
It has a big red spot
that has been swirling
there for over 300
years.
Saturn
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Saturn is the sixth
planet from the Sun.
It is very similar to
Jupiter, though
much smaller.
Saturn has 7 rings
around the planet
that add up to
169,800 miles wide.
Saturn has 34
moons orbiting it.
Uranus
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Uranus is the seventh
planet from our Sun.
• Unlike all the other
planets, Uranus spins
on it’s side.
• It may have an ocean
under all of the
covering clouds.
• It has a large rocky
core, and may contain
many diamonds.
Neptune
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Neptune is the
eighth planet away
from our Sun.
It has a big storm,
much like that of
Jupiter’s.
Jupiter has 6 rings
that circle the
planet.
Pluto
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Pluto used to be the
farthest planet from the
Sun.
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Scientists have
recently decided that
Pluto is no longer a
planet.
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It does, though, have
2 moons orbiting it.
Conclusion
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“My Very Educated Mother Just Served
Us Nine Pizzas.”
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Write down one interesting fact that you
learned from this lesson and turn it in to
my desk. 