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Solar System - a system of nine planets and other
stars and galaxies orbiting the Sun
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Sun - a star that is the source of light and heat for
all the planets in the Solar System
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Mercury- the closest planet near the Sun and the
smallest inner planet
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Venus
- the second closest planet near the Sun
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Earth
- the third planet from the Sun and the land
surface of the world
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Mars - the fourth planet from the Sun also
known as the Red Planet
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Jupiter
- the fifth planet and the
largest planet in our Solar System
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Saturn - the sixth planet and the second
largest planet in our Solar System that is surrounded by three rings of
ice particles
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Uranus - the seventh planet from the Sun with
a ring of ice particles
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Neptune - the eighth planet from the Sun
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Pluto - the ninth, farthest, and smallest
planet in our Solar System
- Solar Eclipse - the moon breaks in light from the Sun
- Distance - an amount of space between objects or
places
- Diameter - a line passing through the center
of a object
- Rotation - movement in which the moving
objects circles a main object
- Mass - anything that has matter
- Volume - the size of an object or space
- Gravity - force of gravitation
- Surface - the outside of an object
- Inner Planets - planets located farther inside
of the Solar System and are closer to the Sun
- Outer Planets - planets located farther
outside of the Solar System and are farther away from the Sun
- Retrograde - moving in the direction opposite
of the other planets in the solar system, moving clockwise, the other
celestial bodies move counter clockwise.
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