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3. Mercury was named for the swift Roman messenger god. Mercury is a planet of extreme temperatures. Mercury is a bare and rocky planet with deep crater holes.

4. You can find Venus shining low in the western sky at night. Venus is almost the same size as the Earth. A year on Venus is 225 Earth-days long.

5. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. Saturn it is the second largest planet. Saturn is a giant ball of gas with a rocky center.

6. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus rotates a different way than the other planets. It tilts over on its side. Uranus looks blue-green and has some rings.

7. Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun. Neptune has at least 8 moons. Neptune has high winds and many storms.

8. Pluto is a dwarf planet. It is smaller than Earth’s moon. One day on Pluto is six Earth days long.