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Planets Learn about space
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About Pluto Pluto is named after the Greek god of the underworld
Pluto was discovered by a huge observatory! called the (Lowell observatory) It was discovered in February 18th 1930 Pluto is known to have five moons Pluto is one third water
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About Neptune It takes Neptune 164.8 years to orbit the sun
Neptune is named after the roman god of the sea Neptune was discovered by jean joseph le verrier
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About Uranus Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun
It is not visible to the bare eye It became the first planet to be discovered by a telescope Its often described as rolling around the sun on its side
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About Saturn Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun
It’s the least dense planet in the solar system Saturn is a flattened ball The first astronomers thought the rings were moons Its only been visited 4 times by a spacecraft Saturn has 62 moons
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About Jupiter It’s the fifth planet from the sun
Its 2 and a half bigger than all other planets combined Jupiter is known as a gas giant Its made primarily of gas
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About mars Mars is the fourth planet from the sun
Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system Its named after the roman god of war Mars is often described as the red planet due to the red colour of it The atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide
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About Earth Earth is the only planet with an atmosphere that contains 21% oxygen The population is over 7 billion people Earth is the only planet in the solar system that has life Earth is the only planet with water on it
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About Venus Venus is the second brightest natural object in the sky
Its sometimes referred to the morning or evening star One day on Venus is longer than a year on earth Its named after the roman goddess of love and beauty
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About Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the sun
It is also the smallest planet out of the 8 planets in our solar system It takes 88 earth days for it to orbit the sun
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About the Sun The sun is just a flaming ball of gas
The sun is 99.86% of the mass in the solar system One million Earths could fit inside the sun One day the sun will consume earth
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