The sun is a star.  A star does not have a solid surface, but is a ball of gas. The temperature at the sun's core is about 15 million degrees Celsius (27 million degrees Fahrenheit). The sun's outer atmosphere -- the corona -- extends beyond the orbit of dwarf-planet Pluto.

2. It is a hot ball of glowing gas at the heart of our Solar System.

3. It gives the Earth light, life, and energy.

4. The sun is over a million times bigger than Earth. WOW!

5. The sun is 93 million miles away from Earth.

2. It is 67 million miles from the sun.

3. One day on Venus = 243 days on Earth.

4. Venus is a rocky planet, AKA: a terrestrial planet.

5. Venus has no moons.

6. Venus spins backwards.

2. It is the second brightest planet.

3. Venus is 92 times bigger than the Earth.

4. Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System.

5. At one point, people thought Venus was a tropical paradise.

Jupiter is a giant gas planet which is made up of 90% hydrogen and 10% helum.

Jupiter has 16 moons! There are four large moons and 12 small ones.

Jupiter is so big that you could cram 1000 Earths inside it!

Jupiter orbits our sun, a star.  

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun at a distance of about 778 million miles.

It is thought that the Great Red Spot is a swirling storm of gas that has been there for hundreds of years.

2. Earth has 1 moon.

3. It is the only planet not named after a god.

4. Of all the planets in the Solar System, Earth has the greatest density.

5. You can live on Earth .

They are called dwarf planets because they are tiny, compared to gigantic Jupiter!!

2. It is very hot.

A year in Mercury is just 88 Earth-days long. That is very quick compared to Pluto. Pluto's lasts more than 200 Earth-days!

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System.
One of five planets visible with the naked eye, Mercury is just 4,879 km across its equator, compared with 12,742 km for the Earth.

Venus has no moons.

Venus has no rings.

Venus is the second closest planet to the sun at a distance of about 108 km (67 million miles).

For Venus, one day lasts 243 Earth days!

2. One day on Comet Halley varies between 2.2 to 7.4 Earth days (the time it takes for Comet Halley to rotate or spin once). 

3. Comet Halley makes a complete orbit around the sun ( a year in this comets time ) in 76 Earth days

4. Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust. 

5. A comet warms up as it nears the sun and develops an atmosphere, or coma.

It is pale blue.

It is almost the same size as Uranus.

Neptune may have rings, but scientists are not sure.

Neptune has 8 moons.

The Andromeda Galaxy is about twice the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and has 1 trillion stars. The Andromeda Galaxy is a very bright galaxy.

Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the Solar System.

It is made primarily of gases and is therefore known as a “gas giant”.

Jupiter has the shortest day of all the planets:
It turns on its axis once every 9 hours and 55 minutes. The rapid rotation flattens the planet slightly, giving it an oblate shape.

It"s the closest planet to the sun.

One day on Mercury is equal to 59 Earth days.

It is a terrestrial planet.

Only 2 spacecraft have visited Mercury.

Mercury is smaller than Earth.

Mercury doesn't have any moons.

Mercury has many rocks and giant holes.

It has no atmosphere.

2. That big black spot on Jupiter is a wind storm.

3. Jupiter has a dozen moons and an enormous magnetic field.

4. Jupiter forms a kind of miniature solar system.

5. Did you now Jupiter is a sun star?

2. Uranus is made of gas.

3. Uranus orbits the sun every 84 Earth years.

4. Uranus has many rings.

5. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 73 pounds on Uranus.

Pluto has only one moon.

On Earth, if you weigh about 85 pounds , you could weigh 1 1/2 pounds on Pluto.

Some scientists think that Pluto was a moon that ran away from Neptune.

Pluto spins on its axis in 6 days and 9 hours.

 2.The largest crater on Mercury is called Calloris Basin and is approximately 930 miles across.

3. Mercury is about half the size of Earth.

4. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth you would weigh 32 pounds on Mercury.

5. Mercury has no atmosphere.

2. One side of Mercury that is facing the Sun gets hotter than 790 degrees F.

3. Mercury has a lot of craters.

4. Mercury's biggest crater is "Calloris Basin".

5. Mercury has no moons

2. Pluto is the coldest planet in the Solar System.

3. It is the smallest planet in the Solar System

4. If astonauts go on Pluto, it will be very cold and they might freeze.

5. Pluto is off course because when it goes around, it goes like an oval.

Venus is about the same size as the Earth.

One year on Venus is 225 Earth days long.

There's something different about the rotation of Venus:

Venus rotates in the opposite direction: backwards!

One day on Earth = 24 hours.

Earth has one moon ''satellite".

It has no rings like other planets.

Earth is the only planet which supports life.

2. Pluto orbits the Sun every 248 Earth years.

3. Pluto is 660 million miles from the Sun.

4. Some scientists think Pluto is an escaped moon from Neptune.

5. Pluto has one moon.

There are very, very steep cliffs on Mercury.

Mercury is 36 billion miles from the Sun.

The gravity on Earth is much stronger than the gravity on Mercury.

Mercury has no atmosphere.

Earth is the only planet in our Solar System that has the air and water to support life.

The atmosphere on Earth is the air we breathe.

Water covers about 71% of Earth.

Earth moves around the Sun at about 18 miles per hour.

Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun.

Summer is the warmest season and winter is the coldest.

The highest record tempature on Earth is 136 degrees F.

Eath is only planet in our solar system with planets,animals,and human beings.

2. Earth is 93 million miles away from the Sun.

3. Earth's atmosphere is 500 miles thick.

4. Earth orbits the Sun at about 18.5 miles.

5. Earth has 1 moon.

2. Mercury is also the closest to the Sun.

3. Mercury is a rocky planet, also known as a terrestrial planet. 

4. Mercury has a solid, cratered surface, much like Earth's moon.  

5. Mercury has no moons.  

6. If you were standing on Mercury's surface at its closest point to the sun, the sun would appear more than three times larger than it does on Earth.

Mars only has 2 moons.

The air on Mars is too thin to breathe.

At night, Mars can get as cold as 200 dergrees F.

There are very, very strong wind storms on Mars.

2. Mars is a reddish color.

3. Mars is the second smallest planet.

4. The tallest mountain in the Solar System is called Olympas Mons.

5. Mars has 2 small moons.

2. The side of Mercury facing the sun gets as hot as 800 degrees F.

3. The side not facing the sun gets as cold as 280 degrees F. 4. The gravity on Mercury is much weaker than on Earth.

5. If your weight is 85 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 32 pounds on Mercury.

2. Venus has no moons .

3. A year on Venus is 225 Earth days long.

4. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 77 pounds on Venus.

5. The sky on Venus is filled with lightning-bolts.

The air on Mars is too thin to breathe.

The sky on Mars is pink because red dust blows all around.

Mars has 2 moons.

There are wind storms on Mars.

Saturn has about 17 moons.

It takes about 30 years for Saturn to circle the Sun.

There are very stong winds on Saturn.

Saturn's atmosphere is made of of thick, constantly moving clouds.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

One day on Jupiter is 10 hours in Earth time.

The red spot on Jupiter is a storm that has lasted many years.

Jupiter has 16 moons.

This planet is way too far to see without a telescope.

Uranus also has many rings.

Uranus' rings are made out of rocks, gas, and dust.

Uranus has 5 known moons.

2. Mars is half the size as Earth

3. Mars has two moons.

4. Mars is 142 miles away from the Sun.

5. The surface of Mars is very rocky.

It takes 12 Earth years for Jupiter to orbit the Sun.

Jupiter's gravity is very strong.

Jupiter is the largest planet.

One day on Jupiter is 10 Earthhours.

2. Mars is half the size as Earth.

3. Mars has 2 moons.

4. Mars is 142 million miles away from the Sun.

5. The surface of Mars is very rocky.

Saturn is a gas giant.

It takes 30 years for Saturn to orbit the sun.

Saturn's rings are made of ice and rock.

Saturn has 17 moons.

Like Jupiter, Saturn is a gas planet.

Saturn has 17 moons.

The gravity on Saturn is not much stronger than Earth's.

It takes 30 years for Saturn to circle the Sun.

2 .Jupter has 16 moons.

3. It is 448 million miles away from the Sun.

4. One day on Jupiter is 10 hours on Earth.

5. Jupiter is the largest planet.

Neptune takes 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.

Neptune is about the same size as Uranus.

Neptune is so far that it is like studying a dime from a mile away.

Neptune has three known moons.

Uranus is made of gas.

Uranus' rings are made of rock, gas, and dust.

Uranus orbits the Sun once every 84 Earth years.

Uranus has 5 moons.

It is called " the red planet".

If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth, you weigh 32 pounds on Mars.

Mars can get as cold as -200degrees F.

Scientists believe there were once rivers on Mars.

2. Jupiter is 484 million miles from the Sun .

3. One day on Jupiter is 10 Earth-hours long.

4. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth you would weigh 245 pounds on Jupiter.

5. Jupiter has 16 moons

2. It is 1 billion,700 million miles from the Sun.

3.Uranus is made of gas.

4. Uranus has 4 moons.

5. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth you weigh 75 pounds on Uranus.

2. Earth is a terrestrial planet.

3. If the Sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a nickel.

4.One day on Earth takes 24 hours (this is the time it takes the Earth to rotate or spin once).

5. Earth makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Earth time) in about 365 days.

2. It is 36 million miles from the Sun.

3. The sides of Mercury facing the Sun gets as hot as 800 degrees F.

4 Mercury is about half the size of Earth.

5.The surface of Mercury is like a desert.

It's the biggest planet in our Solar System.

The big red spot is a big storm.

It has sixteen moons.

"Io is one of its largest moons.

It looks like there are four rings from eErth but there are hundreads.

Saturn has 17 moons.

It has very strong winds.

It is a gas planet.

the clouds are very cold.

the gravity is very weak.

it is tilted on its

It's so far away, it's like studying a dime a mile away. It has three moons.

It may have rings.

It is a pale blue color.

2 .Venus is surrounded by yellow clouds.

3. A year on Venus is 225 Earth days.

4. Venus spins on its axis in s243 Earth days.

5. Venus has no moons.

Neptune is a gas giant.

Neptune is pale blue.

Neptune is 2,790,000,000 miles away from the Sun.

Neptune has 3 moons.

2. It is 885 million miles fromthe Sun.

3. The center of Saturn is very hot.

4. Saturn is a ringed planet.

5. Saturn has 17 moons.

2. It is 93 million miles from the Sun.

3 .Earth has one moon.

4. Water covers 71% of the Earth.

5 .The highest recorded temperature on Earth is 136 degrees F in Libya.

2. It look like a drter snowball.

3. Pluto is smuer than Earth's moon.

4.It has a football shaped orbit.

5.If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth,you would probably weigh 1 and 1\2 pounds on Pluto.

2.Saturn is a ringed planet.

3. Saturn has 17 moons.

4. Saturn's atmosphere is made of thick, constanly moving clouds.

5. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 90 pounds on Saturn.

2. Neptune is 2 billion 790 million miles from the sun .

3. Neptune has three moons .

4. Neptune is a pale blue color.

5. If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth you would weigh 97 pounds on Earth.

2. Neptune is probably made of gas.

3. Neptune is a pale blue color.

4. Neptune is so far away it is like studying a dime from a mile away.

5. The mass of Neptune is 102,410,000,000,000,000 billion kg.

2. Mars has two moons.

3. Mars is called the "red plane".

4. It is 142 million miles from the Sun.

5. Mars spins on its axis in 24 hours and 37 minutes That is very close to the time it takes Earth to spin on its axis.

2.Uranus has 27 moons. 

3.Uranus has faint rings. 

4.If the sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a nickel and Uranus would be about as big as a baseball. 

5.One day on Uranus takes about 17 hours (the time it takes for Uranus to rotate or spin once).

They are mostly found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.

This asteroid belt breaks the planets into 2 groups.

Astroids can come in different sizes.

Astroids are very dangerous to encounter.

Neptune is about the same size as Uranus.

Neptune is a pale blue

Pluto is the smallest planet in the Solar System.

If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth you weigh 1/2 pounds on Pluto.

Pluto has no moons.

It has a football shape orbit.

Scientists think it could be made of frozen gasses.

It is the ninth planet in our Solar System.

It is smaller than our satelite. themoon.

Neptune is a pale blue in color.

Neptune has three moons.

Neptune takes 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.

Neptune is 2 billion,790 million millels from the Sun.

2. It is 885 million miles from the Sun.

3. It takes 30 Earth-years for Saturn to circle the Sun.

4. Saturn has 17 moons.

5. It spins on its axis in 10 hours and 14 minutes.

2.If you weigh 85 pounds on Earth then you would weigh 1.5 pounds.

3. Pluto is the farthest from the Sun.

4.Pluto is a Dawf planet .

5.Pluto is 300,660,000,000, miles from the Sun.

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Pluto has one moon.

Pluto's moon is smaller than Earth's.

Pluto is a dwarf planet that usually orbits beyond Neptune.

It has one big moon (called Charon) and two tiny moons.

2. It is 1,700,000,000 miles from the Sun. 

3. Uranus is also made of gas. 

4. It turns on its axis in17 Earth hours. 

5. Uranus also has many rings.

2. Neptune is probably a gas giant.

3.Neptune has three known moons.

4. Neptune is 2,790,000,000 miles from the Sun.

5. Neptune is pale blue in color.

Pluto is 3,660,000,000 miles from the Sun. Pluto spins on its axis in 6 days and 9 hours. Scientists think it is made of frozen gasses. It is like a frozen snowball. Pluto has one moon.

The temperature at the core of the sun is about 15 million degrees Celcius.

The Sun is a star, a star does not have a solid surface.

The Sun is the center of our Solar System.

Without the intense heat from the sun there would be no life on Earth.