MY HOLIDAY AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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MY HOLIDAY AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM

• All Nine Planets in one whirlwind trip
• By Arthur Saltner
• Year 7

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Mercury

• Mercury is one of the smallest of the planets in
  the Solar System and is only slightly bigger than
  our moon. Mercury is the closest planet to the
  sun.

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Venus

• Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is
  the hottest planet in the Solar System. Venus
  has no moons.

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Earth

• The Earth is the third planet from the sun in
  our solar system. It is the planet we evolved on
  and the only planet in our solar system that is
  known to support life.

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MARS

• Mars is known as the red planet. Mars is about
  6790km in diameter. This is 53(a little over
  half) of the diameter of the Earth.

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JUPITER

• Jupiter is known as the largest planet in our
  solar system. Jupiter has 12 moons more moons
  than any other planet in the Solar System.

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SATURN

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun in our
  Solar System. Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen
  and helium gas.

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URANUS

• Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun in our
  Solar System. This huge, icy planet is covered
  with clouds and is encircled by a belt of 11
  rings and has 22 known moons.

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NEPTUNE

• Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and
  named after the Roman god of the sea. Neptune has
  two known moons.

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PLUTO

• Pluto is the 9th planet from the moon in our
  solar system. Pluto was discovered in 1930. Pluto
  is 6 000 million kilometres from the sun. It is
  named after the Roman god of the dark world of
  the dead.

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Travel

• I will run to the moon with my clothes on
  because I am a alien.

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• Dear Miss Sheri
• Whats up I am a alien man, you know me as
  Arthur. I have been on a holiday. I almost got
  sucked into Jupiter as I was running past to get
  to Saturn. I am on my way back to Earth from
  Uranus. See you soon.

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What will I Wear?

• I will wear my normal clothes that I wear
  everyday.

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Food

• I will have a hamburger for dinner.

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Shelter

• I live in a house that was once lived in by
  other people.

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My friends from other planets
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Good sites to visit

• http//seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanet
  s/
• http//www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
• http//www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
• http//pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
• http//www.solarviews.com/
• http//btc.montana.edu/CERES/html/Weight/weight.ht
  ml
• http//www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/games/weight.
  html
• http//kids.nineplanets.org/general.htm
• http//www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err207
• http//web.visionlearning.com/custom/astronomy/cus
  tom/ASTR1.1-pg-planets2.shtml