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Solar System
By Paige Hayford
The Solar System has eight planets including one Dwarf planet, Pluto.
The Star at the center of Our Solar System is The Sun.
Sun
The Sun is the Star in the center of The Solar System.
The Sun’s temperature is about 9941 degrees! That’s really hot!
Mercury
The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
Did you know that Mercury is covered with craters?
Venus
Venus is the Second planet from the Sun.
The first person to visit Venus was Mariner the 2nd in 1962.
Earth
Earth is the planet that humans first lived on, and still lives right now!
Mars Mars is the God of War. Mars is the
Fourth planet from the Sun.
Asteroid Belt
26 large Asteroids have been discovered says some scientists.
Asteroids and Comets only hit the Earth every 100 million years.
JUPITER If you visited
Jupiter, you would be VERY HEAVY!!!!
Most of the storms on Jupiter never end.
Saturn Saturn is known
for its rings.
Saturn is not perfectly round like the other planets.
Uranus Uranus is the
seventh planet from the Sun.
Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with a telescope.
Neptune For many
centuries, people did not know that Neptune existed.
Neptune has 6 rings that circle around Neptune.
Pluto
If you were on Pluto, you would definitely be very light!
Pluto is called a Dwarf planet because it is small.
Comets
Comets are made out of dust and ice. Comets melt in the inner Solar System.
The Milky Way Galaxy
The Milky Way Galaxy has millions of stars in it, and our Sun is just one of them.
There are more Galaxies than just the Milky Way Galaxy .
Constellations
A Constellation is a picture in the sky, at night, made out of Stars.
Constellations are actually very high in the sky at night, even if it looks really close.
Stars Stars are actually big balls of gas,
helium, and other sorts of things! Stars change different colors, they
are not just white.
That’s the Solar System and some extra facts!
Hope you enjoyed!
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