•One Sun

•Eight Planets

•About 146 moons

•Vast amounts of: asteroids, comets, and, stars.

•The sun is the center of our solar system.•The sun is a large ball of hot, glowing,

gases.

•Closest planet to the sun.

•Smallest planet in our solar system.

•Also known as a dwarf planet.

•Second planet from the sun.

•Contains thick and poisonous air.

•Second brightest object in the sky.(moon is number

one)

•Third planet from the sun.

•Our home.•Fifth largest planet in our solar system.

•Fourth planet from the sun•Mars is rocky, dusty, and dry.•Is also known as the “Red Planet.”

•Fifth Planet from the sun.

•Jupiter has a bright red spot

that is three times the size of

Earth.•Jupiter has 50

moons.

•Sixth planet from the sun.

•Saturn has many rings made of ice

and rock.•Saturn has about

53 moons.

•Seventh planet from the sun.

•Seasons on Uranus last more than 20

years.•Math is used to

predict what Uranus is like.

•Eighth planet from the sun.

•About 60 Earths could fit in Neptune.•Windiest planet in our solar system.

•Ninth Planet from the sun.

•Very cold and icy.•Hard to study Pluto.

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