Solar System

​Solar System

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​The Solar System

​ The solar system is made of the sun, the planets, and their moons. The sun is at the center of the solar system and the planets revolve, or move around the sun. The path that a planet takes as it moves around the sun is called its orbit. As the planets move around the sun, they also rotate, or spin, completing one day. As the planets spins away from the sunlight, it is night.

There are 8 planets in our solar system, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was once considered a planet​, but is now called a "dwarf planet" because of its small size. Many of the planets also have moons which also revolve around them.The solar system is truly amazing!