Our Solar System

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Our Solar System
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Sun

• Largest object in our Solar System
• Its a star
• Its surface is called the photosphere

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Mercury

• Closest planet to the Sun
• The Greeks have called it by two different names
  Apollo and Hermes
• Its temperate can range from 90 K to 700 K

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Venus

• 2nd planet from the Sun
• Slightly smaller than Earth
• In its highest atmospheres, winds can reach up to
  350 kph

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Earth

• 3rd planet from the Sun
• Its the densest major object in our Solar System
• Water covers 71 of the Earths surface

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Mars

• 4th planet from the Sun
• Mars 2 was the name of the first spacecraft to
  ever land on Mars
• Home of the Olympus Mons (the largest mountain in
  our Solar System)

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Jupiter

• 5th planet from the Sun
• Largest planet in our Solar System
• Considered a gas planet because it doesnt have
  any solid surfaces

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Saturn

• 6th planet from the Sun
• Considered a gas planet
• The rings are composed of particles ranging in
  size from a centimeter to several meters

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Uranus

• 7th planet from the Sun
• Considered a gas planet
• Has 11 known rings that are composed of
  particles and dust

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Neptune

• 8th planet from the Sun
• Considered a gas planet
• Has winds that are the fastest in our Solar
  System (2000 km/hr)

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Pluto

• 9th planet from the Sun
• Smallest planet in our Solar System (its even
  smaller than the Earths Moon)
• No spacecraft has ever visited it because its so
  far away from Earth (that is why there isnt any
  clearly focused picture of it)