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SOLAR SYSTEM By: JOSH Wilson
The solar system has eight planets and 1 dwarf planet. There are two types of planets: inner planets and outer planets .
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OUR SUN The sun is our star.
The sun is made of gas, hydrogen, and helium.
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MERCURY Mercury is the size of our moon.
Mercury is the closest to the sun.
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VENUS Venus is the about the size of earth .
Venus is the third brightest thing in the earth’s sky .
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EARTH Earth is the planet that we live on.
Earth is the only planet in our solar system that can support life as we know so far.
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MARS Mars is referred to as the red planet.
Mars is the size of half of earth.
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ASTEROID BELT To the right of the asteroid belt is all the outer planets. The inner planets are left to the asteroid belt.
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JUPITER Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system Jupiter has 63 moons.
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SATURN Saturn has 31 moons. Saturn translates to “Gas Giant”.
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URANUS Uranus is also a gas giant like Saturn.
Uranus has at least 27 moons.
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NEPTUNE Neptune has 13 moons.
Neptune’s atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium.
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PLUTO Pluto is what they call a dwarf planet.
Pluto is the only dwarf planet in our solar system.
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Comets A comet is is an object floating in the solar system.
It is made of rock and ice.
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Asteroids Asteroids are very different from comets.
Asteroids are made of bits of rocks and metal.
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Other Stars Our sun is a star.
When we look up in the sky we see stars which is surprisingly close to the size of our sun!!!!
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