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DISCOVERING OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM
THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS EIGHT (NINE)
PLANETS THAT REVOLVE AROUND THE
SUN.
These nine planets are:
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
MERCURY
• Closest planet to the sun
• Small, rocky planet
• Goes around the sun 88
earth days
• Covered with holes (impact
craters)
• Has almost no atmosphere
VENUS
• Second planet from the sun
• Hottest planet In our solar
system
• After the moon, Venus is the
brightest object in the sky
• Known as the Earth’s sister
planet
• Sixth largest planet
• Named after the Roman God
of love and beauty
EARTH
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Third planet from the sun
Our home planet
Only known planet to support life
Has a moon: largest satellite of any
planet
• Planet that has the greatest
density
• 70% is covered in water
MARS
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Fourth planet from the sun
Second smallest planet
Known as the red planet
Mars and Earth have the
same land mass
• Has the largest dust storm
• Dry, rocky surface
• Rovers recently landed on
the surface
JUPITER
• Fifth planet from the sun
-Largest planet in our
solar system
• Has 39 moons
-Spins the fastest
• Has three rings, but are very hard to see
• Has a great red spot (hurricane like storm)
SATURN
• Sixth planet from the
sun
• Second largest planet
• Farthest planet visible
from earth
• 62 moons
• Known for it’s
distinctive rings (ice
chunks and rocks)
• Lowest density
URANUS
• Seventh planet from the
sun
• Huge, icy planet covered in
clouds
• First planet discovered by
using a telescope
• Coldest temperature
• Has 11 rings, but hard to
see
• Known as the ice giant
planet
NEPTUNE
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Eighth planet from the sun
Has strong winds
Has eight moons
Orbited by faint rings arranged in
clumps
• Has a blue spot which is a storm
PLUTO
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Smallest “planet”
No longer considered a planet in our solar system
Now known as a dwarf planet
Farthest from the sun
MAP OF OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM
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