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Journey through our Solar System neighborhood with Sunny the Sun as your guide! Discover fascinating facts about the planets and meet your cosmic neighbors. Learn about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in this cosmic adventure!
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Hi, I’mSunny, your home star, theSun!!! DidyouknowthatI´myourneighbor?
Spaceis a reallybig place. Butitdoesn´tseem quite so bigwhenyourealizethattheuniverseismade up of Galaxies, which are likecitiesonEarth.
And justlikeyourneighborhood in yourcityonEarth, youlive in a neighborhood in space.
It’scalledour Solar System!! Wouldyouliketolearn more aboutyouneighborhood, and meetyour Solar Systemneighbors?
PLANETS Justwhat are planets, anyway? • A planetis a body in spacethatorbitsaround a star (likeoursun) and isbigenoughthatitformsintotheshape of a spherebecause of itsowngravity.
There are 8 planets in our solar system. In orderfromtheSunthey are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and neptune.
Mercury • Mercury istheclosestplanettotheSun. • A dayon Mercury es twice as long as itsyear.
Venus • Venus isthebrightestplanet in our solar system. • ItisnamedaftertheRomangoddess of love and beauty.
Earth • TheEarthisestimatedto be 4.5 billionyearsold. • Thereequarters (3/4) of theEarth’ssurfaceiscoveredbywater.
Mars • Mars has thelargestvolcano in our Solar System, Olimpic Mons. • ItisnamedaftertheRomangod of warbecause of its red color.
Jupiter • Jupiteristhelargestplanet in our Solar Sistem. Itis so bigyou can fitall of theotherplanetsinside of it. • Ancientastronomersnamedjupiteraftertheking of theRumangods.
Saturn • Saturn has seventhin flat ringsaroundittheringsmade up of billions of piecesof rocks and dust. • Itthelightestplanet in our Solar Sistem- so light thatitwouldfloat in water.
Uranus • Uranusorbitsthesunlyingonitssidebecauseit axis is at a 97 degreeangle. Talkaboutfaid back! • Uranus in thecoldestplanet in our Solar Sistem.
Neptune • OneNeptuneyearequals 165 Earthyears. • Neptuneisthestomiestplanet in our Solar Sistem. Thewindsthere can blow up to 1,240 miles per hour.
Francy Janeth Ocampo. Lorena Bueno Restrepo