1. SOLAR SYSTEM BY KIERRA RYNER

2. THE SUN 99.86% OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S MASS ONE MILLION EARTHS COULD FIT INSIDE THE SUN TRAVELS AT 220 KILOMETRES PER SECOND ONE OF ABOUT 100 BILLION STARS IN OUR GALAXY CORE TEMPERATURE IS 15 MILLION º C.

3. MERCURY YEAR IN MERCURY IS JUST 88 DAYS PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM NO MOONS OR RINGS SECOND HOTTEST PLANET SMALLEST PLANET

4. VENUS DAY LASTS LONGER THAN A YEAR ROTATES COUNTER-CLOCKWISE HOTTEST PLANET ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ON VENUS IS 92 TIMES GREATER THAN THE EARTH’S HAS NO MOONS

5. EARTH ONLY PLANET NOT NAMED AFTER A GOD HAS THE GREATEST DENSITY ONCE BELIEVED TO BE THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE FORMED APPROXIMATELY 4.54 BILLION YEARS AGO 1.3 MILLION EARTHS COULD FIT IN THE SUN

6. MARS ONLY 18 MISSIONS TO MARS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL PIECES OF MARS HAVE FALLEN TO EARTH MARS TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE ROMAN GOD OF WAR MARS IS HOME TO THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM MARS HAS THE LARGEST DUST STORMS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

7. JUPITER JUPITER HAS A THIN RING SYSTEM JUPITER’S MOON GANYMEDE IS THE LARGEST MOON IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM JUPITER ORBITS THE SUN ONCE EVERY 11.8 EARTH YEARS JUPITER HAS THE SHORTEST DAY OF ALL THE PLANETS JUPITER IS THE FOURTH BRIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

8. SATURN SATURN CAN BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE SATURN IS THE FLATTEST PLANET SATURN IS MADE MOSTLY OF HYDROGEN FOUR SPACECRAFT HAVE VISITED SATURN SATURN ORBITS THE SUN ONCE EVERY 29.4 EARTH YEARS

9. URANUS URANUS MAKES ONE TRIP AROUND THE SUN EVERY 84 EARTH YEARS URANUS HAS TWO SETS OF RINGS OF VERY THIN SET OF DARK COLORED RINGS ONLY ONE SPACECRAFT HAS FLOWN BY URANUS URANUS TURNS ON ITS AXIS ONCE EVERY 17 HOURS, 14 MINUTES URANUS HITS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF ANY PLANET

10. NEPTUNE NEPTUNE IS THE SMALLEST OF THE ICE GIANTS THE ATMOSPHERE OF NEPTUNE IS MADE OF HYDROGEN AND HELIUM, WITH SOME METHANE NEPTUNE HAS A VERY THIN COLLECTION OF RINGS ONLY ONE SPACECRAFT HAS FLOWN BY NEPTUNE DISCOVER DATE: SEPTEMBER 23RD 1846

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