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MERCURY

Mercury is the planet in the


solar system closest to the Sun
and the smallest. It is part of the
so-called inner or terrestrial
planets and lacks natural
satellites as well as Venus.
VENUS
Venus is the second planet from the sun.[8] It is a
terrestrial planet because it has a solid, rocky
surface like other planets in the inner solar system.
Astronomers have known Venus for thousands of
years. The ancient Romans named it after their
goddess Venus.
• Mars is the fourth planet in order
of distance from the Sun and the
second smallest in the solar
system, after Mercury. It received
its name in honor of the god of
war from Roman mythology (Ares
in Greek mythology), and it was
also known as "the red planet" 2
3 due to the reddish
appearance4 that iron oxide
confers on it
JUPITER
• Jupiter is the largest planet
in the Solar System.[11] It
is the fifth planet from the
Sun.[12] Jupiter is a gas
giant, both because it is so
large and made up of gas.
The other gas giants are
Saturn, Uranus, and
Neptune.
SATURN
• Saturn is the sixth
planet from the
Sun in the Solar
System. It is the
second largest
planet in the Solar
System, after
Jupiter. Like Jupiter,
Uranus, and
Neptune, Saturn is
a "gas giant"
URANUS
• Uranus is the seventh planet from
the Sun in the Solar System. It is
a gas giant. It is the third largest
planet in the solar system. The
planet is made of ice, gases and
liquid metal. Its atmosphere
contains hydrogen, helium and
methane. The temperature on
Uranus is −197 degrees C (79 K)
near the top of its atmosphere,
but its small solid core (about
55% the mass of Earth) is
NEPTUNE
Neptune (English pronunciation:
/ˈnɛp.tjun/), is the eighth and last
planet from the Sun in the Solar
System. It is a gas giant. It is the
fourth largest planet and third
heaviest. Neptune has four rings
which are hard to see from the
Earth. It is seventeen times heavier
than Earth and is a little bit heavier
than Uranus. It was named after
the Roman God of the Sea

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