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Where We Are
By Jamie Brand
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The Solar System is the Sun, and all
the objects that go around it. There are
eight planets in our solar system. We live
on the third one, Earth. All the other
planets get their names from Roman gods.
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The first four planets are terrestrial
planets. They are made of rocks and metal.
The first planet is Mercury. It is the smallest
planet. The second is Venus. Venus is
usually the brightest planet. It is also the
nearest planet to Earth. The fourth planet is
Mars. It is a red colour. Sometimes you can
see it in the night sky. Some scientists
want to send people to Mars.
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The last four planets are called gas giants. They are very large. They are
mostly made of gas. Jupiter is the fifth planet in the Solar System. It is the
largest. It is more than 317 times as heavy as the Earth. It has 63 moons. The
sixth planet is Saturn. Saturn is the second biggest planet. It has rings around it.
The rings can be seen with a telescope.
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Uranus and Neptune are the last two planets. Uranus takes 84 years to
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There are many other objects in our solar system. Most of the planets
have moons. There are asteroids and comets. There are also dwarf planets.
These are smaller than normal planets. Pluto is a dwarf planet. Until 2006
people thought it was a planet.
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