OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

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OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Solar System

• By Mackenzie Andrews

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Mercury

• If you moved to Mercury you would not weigh as
  much as you do on Earth.
• Mercury is so close to the Sun, and so small,
  that it has only a very small atmosphere .
• Mercury has no moons.
• Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun in our
  Solar System.

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Venus

• It has thick clouds that traps heat in its
  atmosphere.
• Venus has no moons.
• Venus is the same size as Earth thats why they
  call it Earths sister
• It is the hottest planet in our Solar System.

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Earth

• Earth is the third planet to the sun
• The diameter is 7,926 miles.
• It is 93 million miles from the sun
• The surface temperature is 59 F

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Mars

• If you weighed 70 pounds on Earth you would weigh
  25 pounds on Mars
• The surface of Mars is rocky,dry,and mostly
  covered in iron-rich dust.
• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun it is know
  as the red planet
• The diameter is 4,222 miles.

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Jupiter

• Jupiter known as Zeus in Greece over threw his
  father Saturn to become king of the gods.
• . If you weigh 70 pounds on the Earth, on Jupiter
  you would weigh 185 pounds.
• Jupiter's great red spot visible in the picture
  to the right is where a giant storm has been
  raging for at least 300 years. 
• Jupiter is the fifth and largest planet in our
  solar system.

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SATURN

• Saturn is about 97 Hydrogen gas, about 3 helium
  gas and about 0.05 methane.
• Near the equator, tremendous winds blow at 1,100
  mph.
• Saturn is a gaseous planet with a rocky core, a
  liquid metallic hydrogen layer above the core .
• The hot, heavy, rocky core has a radius possibly
  three times the radius of the Earth.

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URANUS

• Uranus was the lord of the skies and husband of
  Earth.
• If you weigh 70 pounds on the Earth you would
  weigh 82 pounds on Uranus.
• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun in our
  solar system. .
• Uranus' blue color is caused by the methane (CH4)
  in its atmosphere this molecule absorbs red
  light.

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NEPTUNE

• Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun in our
  solar system.
• This giant, frigid planet has a hazy atmosphere
  and strong winds.
• This gas giant is orbited by eight moons and
  narrow, faint rings arranged in clumps.
• Neptune's blue color is caused by the methane
  (CH4) in its atmosphere this molecule absorbs
  red light.