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The Solar System

The solar system consists of the
Sun, 8 Planets and their Moons

The 8 planets are Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune.



THE SUN

The sun is the star that our solar
system revolves around
The earth could fit into the sun 1.3
million times
The sun is the largest object in the
solar system
It is mostly made up of hydrogen.


Mercury is the planet that is closest to
the sun
Mercury does not have a moon
A day on Mercury is equal to 176 days
on Earth
The surface of Mercury is similar to that
of the Earths moon .

Venus
Venus is the second planet from the
sun
A day on Venus is longer than a
year on Venus
The atmosphere is composed of
Carbon Dioxide
Venus has no moons
Called Earths sister planet .

EARTH

The third planet from the sun
The only planet that supports life in
our Solar System
Earth has 1 moon
71% of the Earths crust is
covered with water.

MARS
Fourth from the sun
Last of the terrestrial planets
It is called the Red planet
because of its colour
Mars has 2 moons, Phobos and
Deimos.

JUPITER
Jupiter is the 5
th
planet from the
sun and is the largest planet in
the Solar System
Jupiter is the first of the Gas
planets
Jupiter has 61 known moons.

SATURN
Saturn is the 6
th
planet from the sun
Saturn is best known for its rings
The rings around Saturn are made
up of frozen gases, water ice and
rock. So the rings are not solid
bands around the planet
There are 31 moons orbiting
Saturn.

URANUS
Uranus is the 7
th
planet from
the sun
It, along with Neptune, are the
only planets whose orbits
overlap each other
Uranus has 21 moons.

NEPTUNE
Neptune is the 8
th
planet from
the sun
A year on Neptune is equal to
over 164 years on earth
There are 11 known moons,
Triton is the largest.