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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun

It not only shrank in its past but is continuing to shrink today

Perihelion (closest approach to sun): 28,580,000 miles (46,000,000 km)

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the climate of Venus may been similar to Earth

Venus rotate in the opposite direction to other planets.

Most other planets rotate counter-clockwise on their axis, however Venus, like Uranus, rotates clockwise. This is known as a retrograde rotation

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The Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing
The Earth was once believed to be the center of the universe
The Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System

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The names of the inner moons of Jupiter are Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, and Thebe.

Galilean moons.

Jupiter has the shortest day of the eight planets

One orbit of the Sun takes Jupiter 11.86 Earth years. This means that when viewed from Earth, the planet appears to move very slowly in the sky.

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It is composed mostly of water ice and rock. Its frozen surface has lakes of liquid methane and landscapes covered with frozen nitrogen.

Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen

Saturn’s upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds

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Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System

A Season on Uranus lasts one long day – 42 years

Uranus was the first planet discovered after the invention of the telescope.

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Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass
Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system
Only 18 missions to Mars have been successful

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Neptune is the Smallest of the Gas Giants

Neptune's Surface Gravity is Almost Earth-like

The water-ammonia ocean serves as the planet's mantle, and contains more than ten times the mass of Earth