The Solar System By: Jessie

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The Solar SystemBy Jessie
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Table of Contents

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• End slide, The Planets

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Mercury

• Diameter4880 km.
• Rotation period 58.6 Earth days
• Moons none
• Distance from sun 57.91 million km.
• First planet from the sun
• ½ of Earth in size
• Temperature400 C and -180 C
• Fun fact Mercury is closest to the sun and the
  hottest planet.

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Venus

• Diameter 12,104 km.
• Rotation period 243 days
• Moons none
• Distance from sun 108.21 million km.
• Temperature 484 C
• Fun fact Venus is usually called Earths twin.

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Earth

• Diameter 12,800 km.
• Rotation period 23hr 56min
• Moons 1
• Distance from sun 150 million km.
• Earth has many temperatures during the year
• Fun fact Earth is so far known the only planet
  to have life on it.

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Mars

• Diameter 6792 km
• Rotation period 24hr 37min
• Moons 2
• Distance from sun 228 million km
• Temperature143 C and -17 C
• Fun fact Mars is sometimes called the red planet
  because its red.

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Jupiter

• Diameter 142,984 km
• Rotation period 9hr 55min.
• Moons 16
• Distance from sun 778.3 million km
• Temperature -123 C
• Fun fact This planet is the biggest planet in
  the solar system

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Saturn

• Diameter 120,536 km.
• Rotation period 10hr 39min
• Moons 18
• Distance from sun 1,429.39 million km.
• Has rings
• Temperature -180 C
• Fun fact Did you know that Uranus has a rocky
  iron core.

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Uranus

• Diameter 51,118 km.
• Rotation period 17hr 14min
• Moons 15
• Distance from sun 2875 million km.
• Has rings.
• Temperature -214 C
• Fun fact There are 30,707 earth days in a year
  in Uranus.

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Neptune

• Diameter 49,532 km.
• Rotation period16hr. 7min.
• Moons 8
• Distance from sun 4,504 million km.
• Temperature -220 C
• Fun fact Neptunes temperature is -220C

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Pluto

• Diameter 2,300 km
• Rotation period 6 days 9 hr.
• Moons 1
• Distance from sun 5,915 million km.
• Temperature -220 C
• Fun fact Did you know that Pluto is a Dwarf
  planet?

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The Planets
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planets slide. Warning! When you click on one
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