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Title: Solar System


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The Planets in our Solar System
Revised by Claire Anne Baird
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Nine Planets
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus
Pluto
Mercury
Neptune
Saturn
Earth
Venus
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Saturn
  • One rotation takes 10.7 hours.
  • One year is 29.5 Earth years.
  • It has at least 17 moons and many rings.
  • Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the
    second gas planet.
  • Saturns rings are made of ice, rock, and dust.

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Venus
  • One rotation takes 243 days.
  • One year is 224.7 days.
  • It has no moon or rings.
  • Venus is the second planet from the sun.
  • It is as dry as a desert and hotter than an
    oven..

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  • One rotation takes 16 hours.
  • One year is 165 earth years.
  • It has 8 moons and 4 rings.
  • It is the eighth planet from the sun and the last
    gas planet.
  • Neptune is blue-green.

Neptune
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Pluto
  • One rotation takes 6 days.
  • One year is 248 earth years.
  • It has 1 moon and no rings.
  • It is the ninth, and last planet from the sun,
    but every 248 years Neptune orbits farther than
    Pluto.
  • Charon is Plutos moon.

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Uranus
  • One rotation takes 17 hours.
  • One year is 84 earth years.
  • It has at least 15 moons and 10 rings.
  • Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the
    third gas planet.
  • Uranus seems to rotate on its side.

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Mercury
  • One rotation takes 59 days.
  • One year is 88 days.
  • It has no moon or rings.
  • Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
  • It looks a lot like our moon.

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Jupiter
  • One rotation takes 9.8 hours.
  • One year is 12 earth years.
  • It has at least 16 moons and 2 rings.
  • It is the fifth planet from the sun and the
    first gas planet.
  • It has a great red spot of swirling gas.

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Earth
  • One rotation takes 24 hours.
  • One year is 365 1/4 days.
  • It has 1 moon and no rings.
  • It is the third planet from the sun.
  • Earth is mostly covered with water.

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MARS
  • One rotation takes 24.5 hours.
  • One year is 687 days.
  • It has 2 moons and no rings.
  • It is the fourth planet from the sun and the last
    of the inner planets.
  • Mars looks red because of rusty iron in its soil
    and red dust in its air.

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