Our Solar System by Katie Moreno Our Solar System has 12 planets. We only live on one. All the planets are made of gas and rock.
Our Sun The sun is really a star. The sun is made up of fire and gas. The sun is the closest star to Earth.
Mercury Mercury is brightest in the morning. Mercury doesn’t have any moons. Mercury looks like our moon.
Venus Venus has many volcanos. Venus also has no moons. It is very hot on Venus.
Earth Earth is the planet we live on. Earth is the only planet with living things like plants and animals. The blue is the water, green is the land, and white is the clouds.
Mars Mars is called “The Red Planet”. Mars is red because of a chemical called Iron Oxide. It’s the fourth planet from the sun.
The Asteroid Belt Scientists have only found 26 asteroids. If you took all of them, you would get one small planet. Asteroids are just like really small planets.
Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet besides the sun. It has a red spot which is made of a storm. It is one of the gas giants.
Saturn Saturn has a ring. The ring is also made of a storm. The rings are ice cold.
Uranus Uranus has 27 moons. It has a moon called Arial. It’s the only planet that’s sideways.
Neptune Neptune is the smallest gas giant. Neptune has 13 moons. Neptune is very cold.
The Dwarf Planet Pluto Pluto is called a dwarf planet because it is so small. Some people think Pluto is not a planet. Pluto was once considered the smallest planet in the solar system until was made a dwarf planet.
Constellations Constellations are shapes in the sky made of stars. There are many shapes. One example is the Big Dipper.
Our Galaxy Our galaxy is the Milky Way Galaxy. Galaxies have solar systems inside. The galaxy has a lot of things inside.
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