Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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The planets teach us about what is on them. It taught us about
how different they are.
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Mercury Tiny amounts of sodium have been discovered hovering
above the surface of Mercury. Mercury is really tiny, about 18
Mercurys would fit inside Earth. But it is denser than any other
planet except Earth. Mercury is also the nearest planet to the Sun.
This image of Mercury is red, has white things that look like
veins.
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Venus Venus is the planet of beauty and love. It is also the
second nearest planet to the Sun. Venus is the hottest planet in
our solar system and has a very thick atmosphere.
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Earth Earth is the only planet that has life and water on it.
Earth is the crown jewel of the solar system. It is also the
biggest planet for the inner planets. Earths nickname is the blue
planet. Earth is a lovely planet. It only has 1 moon.
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Mars Mars is the planet of war. Mars has sand dunes and polar
ice caps. Mars is also know as the Red Planet for its color.
Although Mars is smaller than Earth, it still has the same land
surface.
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Jupiter Jupiter is the biggest planet in the whole solar
system. Jupiter is the fourth brightest planet. Jupiter is an outer
planet. Jupiter is also made out of gas, not solid surface like the
inner planets.
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Saturn Saturn is the second largest planet. It is famous for
its rings and also made out of gas like the other outer planets.
Saturn is the least dense of all planets in our solar system.
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Uranus Unlike most planets, Uranus rotates vertically instead
of horizontally. Uranus is composed of ice and rocks.
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Neptune Neptune is the planet of sea. But for a few years,
Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun because Plutos orbit is
so eccentric. Neptunes composition is similar to Uranuss with ice
and rocks.
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Although we found some useful information in books, we found
more information on websites