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Solar System. The Eight Planets and Other Objects. Mercury. The smallest planet Largest temperature fluctuations Planet closest to the sun Heavily cratered. Venus. The Second planet from the Sun Named after the Roman Goddess of Love! Very hot temperatures. Earth. AKA Home!
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Solar System The Eight Planets and Other Objects
Mercury • The smallest planet • Largest temperature fluctuations • Planet closest to the sun • Heavily cratered
Venus • The Second planet from the Sun • Named after the Roman Goddess of Love! • Very hot temperatures
Earth • AKA Home! • Third planet from the sun. • Only planet known to sustain various forms of life.
Mars • Fourth planet from the sun • The only other planet we have landed on and looked around (rover) • No other life forms have been found
Jupiter • The largest planet in the solar system • The fifth planet from the sun • It has more moons than any other planet.
Saturn • Famous for its beautiful gaseous rings! • The 6th planet from the sun.
Uranus • The 7th planet from the sun • Doomed to endure relentless punning and other forms of negative remarks because of its unfortunate name.
Neptune • The 8th and final planet • This planet shines blue in all of its picture • This planet is freaking cold and takes hundreds of years to revolve around the sun. • This is my favorite planet.
Other Objects • Moons: these little guys orbit around the planets. • Asteroids: aka shooting stars • Meteors: good because they stay in space • Meteorites: bad because they land on earth.