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By Elizabeth McCorkle Image by NASA The Sun is EXTREMELY important to us all, it conducts heat, creates light, and makes sure the planets don’t crash into each other. The sun takes up 99.86% of the solar system’s mass. Image by unknown Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Mercury has no moons and takes only 88 days to go around the sun. Only 2 spacecraft have landed on Mercury Image by Bryan Brandenburg Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Venus takes 225 days to orbit the sun and is often called Earth’s sister because of the similarity in size. Image by unknown Wow, there is just too much to say about Earth, I don’t know where to begin. For starters, Earth is the only planet that has Reese’s peanut butter cups! It is also the only planet that can support life . This is because we are the PERFECT spot, if we were any closer to the sun, all the water would evaporate, if we were any farther, it would freeze. Image by unknown Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is home to the largest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons, which is more than fifteen miles high. Many people call Mars “the Red Planet” because of is reddish color, caused by the rusty dirt on Mars. Image by onlinelearningtips.com Jupiter is the first of the Gas Giants and is the largest planet . Jupiter is the home to the biggest storm in the solar system, the Great Red Spot, a hurricane that has been raging for as long as anyone can remember. Image by hdw.eweb4.com Saturn is considered to be the most beautiful of all the planets because of it’s rings, which are composed of ice and dust. Saturn is a Gas Giant and is the planet with the slowest orbit around the sun. Image by www.picpicx.com Uranus is a very interesting planet. It Rotates on its side and is named after the Greek god of the sky. Uranus is also the smallest of the gas giants. Image by www.space.com Neptune has 14 moons and has more storms than anyone can count. It takes 165 years to orbit around the sun and the winds can reach 1342 miles per hour. One storm, The Great Dark Spot, is comparable to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Image by pics-about-space.com THE END