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It is a planetary system made up of a star that exerts gravitational

DEFINITION
attraction on the celestial bodies that rotate around it.
It is a star, that is, a celestial body that shines with its own light, composed of
SUN
hydrogen and helium at enormous temperatures in a plasma state.

It is the only natural satellite of the Earth. With an equatorial diameter of 3,474.8
Solar MOON km, it is the fifth largest satellite in the solar system.
Planetary - Mercury: Is the closest and smallest planet in the solar
System system to the Sun and has no natural satellites.
- Venus: Is the second planet in the solar system in order of
proximity to the Sun and the third smallest and lacks natural
Interiors satellites.
THE PLANETS Planets - Earth: Is the densest and fifth largest of the eight planets
in the solar system. It is also the largest of the four terrestrial
or rocky ones.
- Mars: Is the fourth planet in order of distance from the Sun
and the second smallest in the solar system, after Mercury.
- Jupiter: In a gas giant is a giant planet that is not composed mostly of rock or other solid
matter but of fluids; although these planets can have a rocky or metallic core.

- Saturn: Is the sixth planet in the solar system counting from the Sun, the second in size
and mass after Jupiter and the only one with a ring system visible from Earth.
Outer
planets - Uranus: Is the seventh planet in the solar system, the third largest, and the fourth most
massive. It is named in honor of the Greek deity of the sky.

-Neptune: Is the eighth planet in distance from the Sun and the farthest in the solar system.
It is part of the so-called outer planets, and within these, it is one of the icy giants, and it is
the first that was discovered thanks to mathematical predictions.

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