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The Solar System
Learning about the nine planets and other objects in our solar system
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Astronomy
4th Grade
05/04/2015

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The sun.

The sun is the center of the solar system. Another name for the sun is "sol."
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Mercury

 

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It is the smallest planet. It orbits the sun in 88 days.

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wikipedia.org

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Earth

It takes earth 24 hours to

rotate once on its

axis.

Earth is my home.

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Pluto

pluto is the smallest

planet .

some scientist,s

think pluto isint a planet

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Jupeter

is the biggest planet.

Jupeter is a gold and brown

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Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet

from the sun.

Uranus is a gas giant.

discoverd by william herschel.

discovery date march 13,17 81

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Neptune.

Neptune has 14 known moons.

discoverd by urbain le verrier

discovery date 23 Sept 1846

neptune is the eighth planet and

the furrthest from the sun

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mars

mars is the fourth planet from the sun

and the second smallest

planet in the

solar system

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saturn

saturn is a gas giant.

saturn is the sixth from the sun.

saturn is the second biggest planet.

 

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