A Look At The Planets

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A Look At The
Planets

• By Sam

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Mercury

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• The diameter of Mercury is 3,031 in miles.
• Mercury is the smallest planet.
• Mercury has no moons.

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Mercurys Facts

• There are no seasons on Mercury.
• Mercury is eleven times as bright as Earth.
• Inside Mercury is iron.

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Venus

• Venus is the second planet from the sun.
• Venuss diameter is 7,521 in miles.
• Venus is the sixth biggest planet.
• Venus has no moons.

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Venuss Facts

• Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
• Venus spins in the opposite direction of most
  planets.
• A volcano on Venus is seven miles high.

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Earth

• Earth is the third planet from the sun .
• Earths diameter 7,926 in miles.
• Earth is the fifth biggest planet.
• We all know that Earth has only one moon.

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Earths Facts

• Earth is the only planet with life and water.
• Earth is the only planet with one moon.
• Earth is 93.million miles from the sun.

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Mars

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
• Marss diameter is 4,222 in miles.
• Mars has seven moons.
• Mars is the seventh biggest planet.

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Marss facts

• A person who weighs 100pounds on Earth, on Mars
  would weigh thirty eight pounds.
• People think that Mars used to have water because
  of the rocks.
• Marss moons are named after Greek gods.

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Jupiter

• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.
• Jupiters diameter is 88,700 in miles.
• Jupiter is the biggest planet!!!
• Jupiter has 63 moons.

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Jupiters facts

• Jupiter weighs more than all the other planets
  put together.
• The great red spot on Jupiter is sometimes three
  times the size of Earth.
• Jupiter is the biggest gas giant.

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Saturn

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
• Saturns diameter is 74,898 in miles.
• Saturn has thirty three moons.
• It is the second biggest planet.

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Saturns Facts

• The normal temperature is about -290ºF.
• Saturn is one of the four planets with rings.
• It is the second biggest planet.

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Uranus

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.
• Its diameter is 31,690 in miles.
• Uranus has 27 moons.
• It is the third biggest planet.

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Uranuss Facts

• Uranus is nineteen times as far from the sun than
  Earth.
• Sunlight takes two and a half hours to get to
  Uranus.
• Uranuss years are equal to eighty four Earth
  years.

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Neptune

• Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun.
• Its diameter is 30,775 in miles.
• Neptune is the fourth biggest planet.
• It has eight moons.

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Neptunes Facts

• The diameter on Neptune is 3.88 times it on
  Earth.
• Neptune is the only planet that cant be seen on
  Earth using a telescope.
• Its distance from the sun is 2,798,800,000.

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Resources

• http//www.enchantedlearning.com
• A Look At Mercury, Mary Dunn.2008
• Venus, Tim Goss. 2003
• A look at Earth, Mary Dunn.2008
• A look at Mars, Mary Dunn.2008
• A look at Jupiter, Suzan Slade.2008
• World Book, no author.2001
• Uranus, Thomas Adomson.2005
• World book, no author.2001