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Planets

Planets

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1st - 6th Grade

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Sheramie Langgamin

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Planets

(from Greek planētes, “wanderers”), broadly, any relatively large natural body that revolves in an orbit around the Sun or around some other star and that is not radiating energy from internal nuclear fusion reactions.

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MERCURY

  • the smallest and innermost planet

  • It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods.

  • The closest planet to the sun

  • It has a very thin atmosphere that is unable to trap heat

  • There are no clouds, rain or wind

    Moonlike, no weather

  • Mercury's axis has the smallest tilt of any of the Solar System's planets (about ​1⁄30 degree)

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Venus

  • the hottest and the brightest planet

    Called the evening and morning star

  • It has mountains and volcanoes

    Retrograde direction

  • It has a thick atmosphere full of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and clouds made of sulfuric acid

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Earth

  • third planet from the Sun

    70% of the planets surface is covered with water.

  • Called the “blue planet”

  • Only planet on which life is known to exist.

  • Called the “blue planet”

  • Only planet on which life is known to exist.

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Mars

  • fourth planet from the Sun

    the second-smallest planet in the Solar System

  • Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war

  • "Red Planet“ because of its red soil and rocks

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Jupiter

  • can occupy nearly 1300 planet earth inside it

  • (a.k.a. Jove; Greek Zeus) was the King of the Gods

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Saturn

  • Sixth planet

  • Second largest planet

  • Yellowish color

  • With beautiful rings around it

  • Its ring is made up of ice and dust

  • gas giant

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Uranus

  • Seventh planet

  • Thick layer of gas covers this planet

  • The interior of Uranus is mainly composed of ices and rock


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Neptune

  • farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.

  • the densest giant planet.

  • cold winds blow here at very high speed

Planets

(from Greek planētes, “wanderers”), broadly, any relatively large natural body that revolves in an orbit around the Sun or around some other star and that is not radiating energy from internal nuclear fusion reactions.

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