The Solar System

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The Solar System

• By
• Valerie Shoemaker

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Mercury

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• It has many craters
• Mercury has no atmosphere.
• Venus is hotter than Mercury
• Valerie Shoemaker

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Venus

• Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System.
• Venus is named after the god of love
• Its atmosphere is poisonous to humans
• It is the 2nd planet from the sun

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Earth

• Earth is the only planet with life.
• In a distant it looks like a giant blue marble.
• Earth has one moon.
• It is the home planet

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Mars

• Mars is called the red planet.
• It has two moons.
• It has the biggest volcano in our solar system.
• It is the 4th planet from the sun

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Jupiter

• Jupiter is the biggest planet
• It has sixty-one moons
• The red spot was a storm for over one hundred
  years
• It is the 5th planet from the sun

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Saturn

• Saturn is the most beautiful planet
• It is known for its rings
• Saturn has 16 moons
• It is named after the god of gardening

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Uranus

• Uranus has twenty-two moons
• Uranus has a faint ring
• It has a bluish green color
• It is the 7th planet from the sun

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Neptune

• Neptune is named after the god of the ocean
• It is the last planet from the sun
• A year on Neptune is 168.8 Earth years
• The winds go over 100 mi per hour