+ The sun is hot. The sun can kill you before you get there.

. Mercury is the 1 st planet from the sun. It is very hot.

Venus is the 2 nd planet from the sun. You can see Venus in the night sky.

Earth is the 3 rd planet from the sun. It is blue and green.

Mars is called the red planet. Mars has volcanoes.

Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun. It is the biggest planet.

Saturn has rings. Saturn is the 6 th planet from the sun.

Uranus is the 7 th planet from the sun. It has 15 moons.

Neptune looks blue. Neptune has two known moons.

As of 30 th August 2006 Pluto is no longer a planet because it is too small.