The Solar SystemThe Solar System

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Madison NunleyMadison Nunley

Our solar system is made up of Our solar system is made up of the sun and eight planets.the sun and eight planets.

The planets from nearest to farthest from the sun are The planets from nearest to farthest from the sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.Neptune.

The sun is at the center of our solar The sun is at the center of our solar system. system.

The sun has six layers, the Core, the Radiation layer, the Convection layer, the Photosphere, the Chromosphere, and the Corona.

MercuryMercury

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and does not have any moons. It takes Mercury 88 days to orbit the sun.

VenusVenus

Like Mercury, Venus has no moons. It takes Venus 225 days to orbit the sun.

EarthEarth

Earth is the only planet with human life and only has one moon. Most objects in space that go or fall towards Earth atmosphere burn up in earth’s atmosphere.

MarsMars

Mars is also known as the Red Planet and has 2 moons. Mars orbits the sun every 687 Earth days.

JupiterJupiter

Jupiter has at least 63 moons. It takes Jupiter 12 years to orbit the sun and is the biggest planet in the solar system.

SaturnSaturn

Saturn has 49 moons and Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the only moon to have a atmosphere.

UranusUranus

Uranus has 13 discovered moons. It takes Uranus 84 years to orbit the sun.

NeptuneNeptune

Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun.

MoonsMoons

Asteroids Asteroids

Asteroids are rocks that revolve around the Asteroids are rocks that revolve around the sunsun

cometscomets

Comets are mixtures of ice, dust, and rock Comets are mixtures of ice, dust, and rock that circles the sunthat circles the sun

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