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The Solar System

The Solar System

• The Solar System is a collection of planets, moons and the stars they orbit.

• Our Solar System has eight planets that orbit the sun.

The Solar System

• The Sun is the center of the Solar System.

• The Sun is a star.

The Solar System

• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.

• It is small.• It is very hot.• It has no

moons.

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• Venus is the second closest planet from the Sun.

• Venus is the hottest planet.

• It has no moon.

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• We live on the Earth.

• It is the third planet from the Sun.

• The Earth has one moon.

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• Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

• Mars is red.• It has two tiny

moons.

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• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun.

• It is the biggest planet in our Solar System.

• It has many moons.

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• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.

• It has beautiful rings made of ice and rocks.

• It has many moons.

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• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.

• It is a light-blue gas.

• It has many moons.

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• Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.

• Is is alight-blue gas.

• It has many moons.

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• Pluto is a rocky planet.

• It has one moon.

• It is the smallest planet in our Solar System.

The Solar System

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The Solar System

• Planet names:– Mercury: Roman god of war.– Venus: Greek god of the Sun.– Mars: Chief of the Roman gods.– Jupiter: Greek god of the underworld.– Saturn: Messenger of the Roman gods.– Uranus: Roman goddess of love.– Neptune: Stern Roman god.– Pluto: Greek god of the sea.

The Solar System• Planet diameters and distances from the Sun.

The Solar System

• The nine planets orbit the sun.

The Solar System

• The time taken to orbit the sun depends on the distance from the sun.

The Moon