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The Solar System
The Solar System
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5th Grade
02/12/2007

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The Sun.
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The star that heats the solar system. [image]
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Mercury
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The only planet that does not have a moon, closest to the sun, and very small. [image]
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Venus
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The brightest planet, named after the goddess of love and beauty.
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Earth
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Our home planet that sustains our life. [image]
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Mars
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Known as the red planet, it was first visited by a spacecraft in 1965.[image]
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Jupiter
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The largest planet in the solar system, and it's one of the gas planets.
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Saturn
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It takes 29.5 years to revolve around the sun one time. It's day is only 10 earth hours. Saturn is the only planet less dense than water.
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Uranus
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It has atleast 22 moons and the wind blows on the surface between 90 and 360 miles per hour.
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The Earth's Moon
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A satellite that orbits around the earth once every 30 or 31 days.
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Venus
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Takes the planet 165 years to orbit the sun one time. Also, the outer most gas planet.
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Pluto
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No longer considered a major planet. Now it's considered a MINOR planet.
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