The Planets of Our Solar System

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The Planets of Our Solar System

• By Ashley R. Burris

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The 9 Planets
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Mercury

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the
  3rd largest planet!

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Venus

• Venus is the 2nd planet away from the sun and the
  6th largest
• Venus orbit is the most nearly circular of that
  of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than
  1.

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Earth

• Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun and 5th
  largest!

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Mars

• Mars is the 4th planet from the sun and the 7th
  largest!

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Jupiter

• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by
  far the largest.
• Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the
  other planets combined (the mass of Jupiter is
  318 times that of Earth).

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Saturn

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the
  second largest.

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Uranus

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the
  third largest (by diameter). Uranus is larger in
  diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune.

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Neptune

• Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun and the
  fourth largest (by diameter). Neptune is smaller
  in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus.

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Pluto

• Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun
  (usually) and by far the smallest. Pluto is
  smaller than seven of the solar system's moons.

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