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    There are nine planets that orbit the Sun and make up our solar system. The planets travel in oval orbits around the Sun. The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each planet has unique characteristics such as size, composition, moons, and distance from the Sun.

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    There are nine planets that orbit the Sun and make up our solar system. The planets travel in oval orbits around the Sun. The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each planet has unique characteristics such as size, composition, moons, and distance from the Sun.

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    There are nine planets that orbit the Sun and make up our solar system. The planets travel in oval orbits around the Sun. The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Each planet has unique characteristics such as size, composition, moons, and distance from the Sun.

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    Planet Fact Sheet

    There are nine planets that travel


    around the sun. Together with the sun,
    these planets make up our solar
    system. The planets are in motion and
    travel around the sun in oval shaped paths called
    orbits. Each planet travels in its own orbit.

    The Nine Planets

    • Mercury is the closest planet to


    the sun
    • Mercury has no water
    • Mercury is covered with craters
    • No moons orbit Mercury
    • Mercury has the shortest year (88
    Earth days)
    • Mercury is burning hot on the sunny side and
    freezing on the dark side

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    • Venus is the second planet from the


    sun
    • Venus rotates backwards compared
    to the other eight planets
    • The clouds on Venus are thick and
    poisonous
    • The air has enough heat and pressure to crack
    spaceships.

    • Earth is the only planet with


    flowing water to drink and air
    to breathe
    • It takes the Earth 365 days to
    revolve around the sun
    • It takes the Earth 24 hours to
    rotate about the sun
    • Earth is close enough to the sun to keep it warm
    and far enough away to keep it cool
    • The third planet from the sun is Earth
    • Earth has one moon

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    • The air on Mars is full of reddish dust


    (that is why it is sometimes called the
    Red Planet)
    • Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
    • Scientists think Mars may have had
    water in rivers or oceans at one time
    • Today Mars has ice at its poles
    • Mars is a desert planet
    • There are two small moons that orbit Mars (Phobos
    and Deimos)

    • Jupiter is the largest planet


    • Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun
    • Jupiter is made up of gasses (it is
    called a Gas Giant)
    • There is no solid crust of land on
    Jupiter
    • The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a hurricane
    • Jupiter has a small ring system made of dust
    • There are 16 moons that orbit Jupiter

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    • Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun


    • Saturn is the second largest planet
    • There are hundreds of rings around
    Saturn
    • Saturn’s rings are made mostly of
    small pieces of ice
    • Saturn has more than 20 moons, and
    scientists keep discovering new ones
    • Saturn is also a Gas Giant

    • Uranus is the seventh planet from


    the sun
    • All the planets but Uranus orbit the
    sun upright, but Uranus lies on its
    side (it’s tilted)
    • The entire planet is covered by a
    thick blue-green fog
    • Uranus is a Gas Giant
    • Uranus has rings
    • There are 15 moons that orbit Uranus

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    • Neptune is the eighth planet from


    the sun
    • Neptune has 8 moons
    • Blue clouds cover Neptune
    • Neptune is a Gas Giant
    • Neptune has rings
    • Neptune has the Great Dark Spot (which is a storm
    like the Great Red Spot on Jupiter)
    • The winds on Neptune are the fastest in the solar
    system

    • Pluto is the smallest planet


    • Pluto is the last planet in our Solar
    System (the furthest planet from the
    sun)
    • Pluto is very cold because it does
    not receive much heat from the sun
    • There is one large moon that orbits Pluto, Charon.
    • Pluto’s orbit is strange; it sometimes crosses the orbit
    of Neptune making Neptune the furthest planet
    from the sun for a few years.

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    Created 11/15/2004
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