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This planet has Home to the

1st Planet from water found only Largest Mountain
the Sun in its polar ice in Our Solar
caps. System

This dry, rocky

Hottest 2nd Planet from
planet is covered
Planet the Sun
in toxic clouds.

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atmosphere has
oxygen. the Sun Revolution

Mariner 10 was
Our Home the first to visit 4th Planet from
Planet this planet in the Sun
1974.

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This planet’s
Smallest Gas 5th Planet from Largest
axis is tilted
Planet the Sun Planet
on its side.

This planet rotates

6th Planet from backwards
the Sun compared to
Earth.

7th Planet from Most Beautiful

Sun Rings

This stormy When Galileo found

8th Planet from planet is home to this planet in 1610,
Windiest Planet
the Sun the Great Red he thought he was
Spot. seeing 3 planets.

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When Galileo Home to

7thPlanet 8thPlanet found this the Largest
Hottest Our Home planet, he Fastest
from the from the thought he
Mountain in
Planet Planet Revolution
Sun Sun was seeing 3 Our Solar
planets. System

Mariner 10
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Most 1st Planet was the 1st
of the 2 rocky planet
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blue ice is covered in
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giants
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Planet atmosphere
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Spot.
has oxygen.

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1st Planet from 2nd Planet from 3rd Planet from 4th Planet from
the Sun the Sun the Sun the Sun

Home to the
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This planet has

Mariner 10 was the This dry, rocky This planet’s
water found only
first to visit this planet is covered atmosphere has
planet in 1974.
in its polar ice
in toxic clouds. oxygen.
caps.
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5th Planet from 6th Planet from the 7th Planet from 8th Planet from the
the Sun Sun Sun Sun

This stormy planet This planet

Most Beautiful
is home to the rotates backwards Smallest Gas
Rings
Great Red Spot. compared to Planet
Earth.

When Galileo found

Largest This planet’s
this planet in 1610, Windiest Planet
Planet axis is tilted
he thought he was
on its side.
seeing 3 planets.
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from the from the from the from the from the from the from the from the
Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun

This dry, This This

This This planet Smallest
rocky stormy Most planet’s
Fastest planet’s has water
planet is planet is Beautiful Gas
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covered in home to the Rings Planet
has oxygen. its polar ice tilted on
toxic Great Red
caps.. its side.
clouds. Spot.
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was the 1st the Largest found this The
Hottest Our Home Largest
to visit this Mountain in planet, he larger of Windiest
Planet Planet Planet
planet in Our Solar thought he the 2 blue Planet
1974. System was seeing 3 ice giants
planets.

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