The Solar System By Grace Townsend and Rebecca Adams
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The Solar System By Grace Townsend and Rebecca Adams
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MERCURY
• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.• In roman mythology Mercury is the god of
travel and thievery.• Mercury’s surface is very similar to the moon’s
it’s very heavily cratered and it has no plate tectonics.
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Venus
• Venus is the second planet from the sun but it is the hottest planet because of the gas surrounding it.
• In roman mythology Venus is the goddess of love.
• After the moon, Venus
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Earth
• Earth is the third planet from the Sun.• So far it is the only planet we know of that can
support life.• Earth’s atmosphere is mainly made• up of carbon dioxide and • oxygen.
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Mars
• Mars is the forth planet from the Sun.• Mars is often referred to as the red planet• Mars is named after the roman god of war
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Jupiter• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.• Jupiter is also the largest planet in our solar
system.• It is referred to as a gas giant• It is one-thousandth of the size of the sun.
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Saturn
• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.• Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar
system.• It is also classed as a gas giant as well as
Jupiter.
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URANUS
• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.• It is also classed as a gas giant as well as
Jupiter and Saturn.• It is named after the Greek god of the sky.
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Neptune
• Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.• Neptune is named after the roman good of
the sea.• Neptune is the fourth largest planet by
diameter.• Neptune is third biggest by mass.