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The sun is made of layers of very hot gases.
The sun is the closest star to earth .
It lies at the centre of the solar system.
From the earth the sun looks almost exactly
the same size as the moon but this similarity is
just a coincidence.
• The sun is hot you can not survive in the solar
system.
 Mercury is the first planet in the solar
system.
 Mercury’s orbit is the fastest orbit in
the solar system.
 Mercury’s surface is covered with
grey rocks and many craters.
Venus is the cloudy planet.
90 % of its surface has volcanoes.
Venus is the same size as the Earth.
Venus spins very slowly.
Venus and Earth have atmosphere unlike
the others.
Venus is all land with no water oceans .
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Although we co not feel it ,the earth
is always moving.
It spins on its axis.
It takes 24hrs for the earth to turn
around once on axis.
The earth is the largest of the inner
planets.
The earth surface is mostly water.
• Mars has a bigger orbit to travel than the other
inner planets .
• Mars is the second smallest planet .
• Mars is half a size of Earth .
• Mars is the fourth and last rocky planets .
• Mars have many giant volcanoes .
• Mars is a red planet .
• The largest volcano in Mars is Olympus
. Jupiter has over 60 moons .
.Jupiter has three rings circling it .
.Dust and most pieces of rock make up the rings .
.Jupiter has no solid surface because its made
mostly of gas .
The core, or the centre of Jupiter, is made of rock
and metal .
. Saturn is the furthest planet that people can see
from Earth without telescopes .
. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar
system .
. Saturn releases more heat energy into space than
it receives from the sun .
.Saturn is surrounded by rings that stretch out
from the planet for thousands of km
• Uranus takes about 84 Earth years to orbit the
sun once .
• Uranus has 20 known moons .
• Uranus is different from the other planets
because it is tipped on its side .
• Uranus has no solid surface .
• Scientist do not know why Uranus is tipped on
its side .
• Each season on Uranus last for 21 years .
NEPTUNE
• Neptune is known as a blue planet .
• Neptune has very thick atmosphere made of
hydrogen and small amounts of helium and
methane .
• Neptune is so dark and cold because it is far
away from the sun to receive enough light or
heat .
• Neptune is the windiest planet in the solar
system .