THE SOLAR SYSTEM Learning About Our Universe…. THE SUN Is the largest object in the solar...

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM Learning About Our Universe…

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM Learning About Our Universe…

THE SUN

Is the largest object in the solar system… It is a star…

It’s light reaches the earth in about 8 minutes…

THE MOON

The moon takes about 27 days to go all the way around the earth…

The moon is 4.5 billion years old…

The surface of the moon has many things on it such as craters…

MERCURY

It is the planet closest to the Sun…

It orbits around the Sun…

It is named after a Greek god…

VENUS

It is slightly smaller than Earth…

The surface of Venus is often described as a “stormy desert”…

It has no liquid water…

EARTH

It is the only known planet to have life…

It is the only planet that has liquid water…

It is the third planet from the Sun…

MARS

It is nicknamed the “red planet”…

It experiences violent dust storms…

It is very close to the earth…

JUPITER

It is the largest planet in the solar system…

It has a rocky core…

It has many storms…

SATURN

It is the second largest planet…

It is surrounded by a system of rings…

It is very light…

URANUS

It spins on its side…

It was the first planet discovered by telescope…

It is blue because of its high level of Methane gas…

NEPTUNE

It is almost four times the size of Earth…

It suffers the most violent weather…

It is covered with thin white clouds…

OUR UNIVERSE IS AMAZING!

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