By: Kristoffer Thordarson

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The Solar System

• By Kristoffer Thordarson

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Mercury

• Mercury has a diameter of 4876 km.
• It takes 88 Earth day to orbit the sun.
• It has no moon.
• the temperature is hotter than an oven during
  the long night (the same length), the temperature
  is colder than a freezer .

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Venus

• Venus has 0 moons.
• It has a diameter of 12,104 km.
• It takes 243 earth days to orbit the sun.
• It is the hottest Planet in our solar system.

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Earth

• Earth has 1 moons.
• It takes 365 days to orbit the sun
• It is the only planet that supports life
• It has a diameter of 12,756 km.

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Mars

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• It takes 687 Earth days to orbit the sun.
• The surface of Mars is dry, rocky, and mostly
  covered with iron-rich dust.
• Mars has a diameter of 6,794 km.

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Jupiter

• Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar
  system.
• This gas giant has a thick atmosphere, 39 known
  moons, and a dark, barely-visible ring.
• There is a great red spot which has lasted over
  300 years
• A 100-pound person would weigh 254 pounds on
  Jupiter.

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Saturn

• Saturn takes 29 years to orbit the sun.
• Saturn rings are made mostly of ice chunks.
• Saturn is visible without using a telescope.
• Saturn is the most oblate (flattened) planet in
  our Solar System.

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Uranus

• Uranus takes 17 hours to orbit the sun.
• It has a diameter of 51,118 km.
• It has 15 moons
• This huge, icy planet is covered with clouds and
  is encircled by a belt of 11 rings.

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Neptune

• Neptune has a 49,532 diameter.
• This is the farthest gas planet from the sun.
• Neptune is named after the Roman god of seas.
• This gas giant is orbited by eight moons and
  narrow, faint rings.