3. the sun The sun is the star at the centre of the solar system The sun fuses 620 million metric tons of hydrogen each second

4. the moon The moon is earths only natural satellite After the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 the moon has been visited only by unmanned spacecraft

5. mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the sun It has virtually no atmosphere

6. Venus Venus is the hottest planet because it’s cloud’s trap the sun’s heat The planet is named after Venus the roman goddess of love and beauty

7. earth Earth is mostly covered by water and is the only planet known to support life Earth orbit’s the sun once every 366.26 times it rotates about it’s own axis witch is equal to 365.26 solar day’s or one year

8. mars Mars has a thin atmosphere of poisonous gas The planet is named after roman god of war mars is often described as the red planet

9. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet and has 16 major moons The roman’s named the planet after the roman god Jupiter

10. Saturn Saturn is the second largest planet and has rings made of ice and rocks Saturn has nine ring’s,Saturn has an average radius about 9 time’s larger than earth

11. Uranus Uranus is a huge spinning ball of gas covered with clouds The wind speeds on Uranus can reach 250 metres per second

12. Neptune Neptune is the stormiest planet with winds up to 2,400 km/h It was Discovered on September 23 1846

13. Light speed facts Asteroids are large rocks left over from the formation of the solar system Comets are made of dust and ice, as the comet travels bits fly off it

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