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Our Solar System

Neptune

Uranus Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter Mars
Mercury
Closest to the sun
Smallest planet
Rotates once every 59 earth days.
One day on Mercury lasts 176 Earth days.
Very dry, hot, and almost airless

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Venus
Second closest planet to the sun
Brightest celestial body besides the moon and sun.
Cannot be seen in the middle of the night
Can be observed in the east at sunrise
and the west at sunset

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Earth
3rd from the sun
5th largest planet in the solar system
More than 4.5 billion years old
Has one natural satellite we call the moon.
Oceans cover 70% of Earths surface

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Mars
Fourth from the sun
Only planet whose surface can
be seen in detail from the Earth
Reddish in color, the atmosphere of
Mars is made of carbon dioxide

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Jupiter
The Fifth planet from the sun
Largest planet in the solar system
Has at least 39 months

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Saturn
Sixth planet from the sun
Has at least 31 moons
The surface on Saturn consists
of liquid and gas

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Uranus
Seventh planet from the sun
1st planet discovered with a telescope
Atmosphere is a mixture of Hydrogen,
Helium, and methane
Does not have a solid surface

Image courtesy of http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~rdj/planets/uranus.html


Neptune
8th and farthest planet from the sun
The atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium
Has 8 known moons

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Moon
Bigger than Pluto
Only object in the Solar System visited by
humans.
A lunar month is 29.35 days,
1 new moon to the next.
The moons gravitational pull
on Earth is the main cause of
the oceans tide.
Sun
Located 93,000,000 miles from Earth
Closest star to Earth
At least 4.5 billion years old
Has a surface temperature of 10,000 degrees and
a center temperature of 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Asteroids
The Asteroid Belt is the space between Mars and Jupiter
It contains irregularly shaped chunks of debris called
asteroids
Asteroids made of rock and metal. Mostly nickel and iron
Our Solar System
The Solar System is the sun together with the eight planets
and all other celestial bodies that orbit the sun.

Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun in a


counter-clockwise direction.
The Solar System is estimated to have formed between 4.53 and 4.58 billion
years ago.
The Sun contains around 98% of all the material in the Solar System

Remembering the order of the planets in our Solar System:


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E E A A U A R E
R N R R P T A P
C U T S I U N T
U S H T R U U
R E N S N
Y R E
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This planet is 4th from the sun, reddish in color, with a carbon
Dioxide atmosphere .
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
Bigger than Pluto, the only object in the Solar System visited by
humans.
Mars

Moon
Mercury

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Though this planet is 7th from the sun, it was the 1st planet discovered
with a telescope. Not having a solid surface, its atmosphere is a
mixture of Hydrogen, Helium, and Methane.

Neptune
Pluto
Uranus

This planet has 8 moons and is furthest away from the sun. Its atmosphere
is mostly Hydrogen and Helium.

Neptune
Uranus
Pluto

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This planet is 6th from the sun with at least 31 moons. The surface of
this planet consists of liquid and gas.

Neptune

Saturn

Venus

The 5th largest planet in our solar system is 3rd from the sun. Its more
than 4.5 billion years old. It has one natural satellite and oceans cover
70% of its surface .
Venus
Mars

Earth

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Planet closest to the sun and ending with the planet farthest from the sun.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune


Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

This planet is the second closest planet to the sun. From Earth, it is the
brightest celestial body besides the moon and sun. It cannot be seen in
the middle of the night; however, it can be observed in the east at sunrise
and the west at sunset
Mercury
Venus
Mars

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The Fifth planet from the sun. This planet, which is the largest in the
solar system, has at least 39 months.

Jupiter
Saturn
Mars

The smallest planet in the solar system is also the closest to the sun.
The planet rotates once every 59 earth days. This planet is very dry,
hot, and almost airless.
Venus
Mercury
Mars

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Mercury
Closest to the sun
Smallest planet
Rotates once every 59 earth days.
One day on Mercury lasts 176 Earth days.
Very dry, hot, and almost airless

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~idh/apod/ap011124.html


Venus
Second closest planet to the sun
Brightest celestial body besides the moon and sun.
Cannot be seen in the middle of the night
Can be observed in the east at sunrise
and the west at sunset

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of www. zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk


Earth
3rd from the sun
5th largest planet in the solar system
More than 4.5 billion years old
Has one natural satellite we call the moon.
Oceans cover 70% of Earths surface

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of www.filer.case.edu


Mars
Fourth from the sun
Only planet whose surface can
be seen in detail from the Earth
Reddish in color, the atmosphere of
Mars is made of carbon dioxide

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/astro/mars.htm


Jupiter
The Fifth planet from the sun
Largest planet in the solar system
Has at least 39 months

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Image courtesy of http://www.heavens-above.com/jupiter.asp?lat=0&lng=0&loc=B&alt=0&tz=CET


Saturn
Sixth planet from the sun
Has at least 31 moons
The surface on Saturn consists
of liquid and gas

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of http://www.heavens-above.com/saturn.asp?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET


Uranus
Seventh planet from the sun
1st planet discovered with a telescope
Atmosphere is a mixture of Hydrogen,
Helium, and methane
Does not have a solid surface

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/~rdj/planets/uranus.html


Neptune
8th and farthest planet from the sun
The atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium
Has 8 known moons

Go back where I came from!

Image courtesy of http://worldalmanacforkids.com


Moon
Bigger than Pluto
Only object in the Solar System visited by
humans.
A lunar month is 29.35 days,
1 new moon to the next.
The moons gravitational pull
on Earth is the main cause of
the oceans tide.

Go back where I came from!

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