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Some scientist debate that the solar system was formed in a variety of ways; however, they estimate that it was formed almost 4.6 billion years ago.
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The center of our solar system is the Sun.
The Sun is not a planet, it is a star and it is the closest star to earth. The actual distance of the sun from the earth is about 149.6 million kilometers.
Although it is a tremendous distance the sun does not appear to us that far away.
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, can range from 800
degrees F in the day, and at night, temperatures reach -280 F, but it is not the hottest planet in
the solar system.
Mercury, the hottest planet?
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Venus has a lot of volcanic plains with this covering almost 70 percent of the planet.
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Venus is considered to be the hottest of all planets in the Solar System due to
greenhouse effect.
Earth is the third planet from the sun and it is fifth largest planet in the Solar System. The Earth is the densest of planets also.
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The reason why Mars is called the Red Planet is because of the many particles of iron oxide found on the surface of the planet.
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The Olympus Mons in Mars, is the highest
mountain range in the Solar
System.
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Jupiter is the biggest of all planets found in the
Solar System of today and the fifth planet found
from the Sun.
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Jupiter has a planetary ring
system and has 63 different
moons!
Lo, a satellite of the planet
Jupiter, is the biggest natural
satellite found in the Solar System.
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SaturnThis is going to be made up of 9 different but continuous
rings which are the main rings; and there is also 3 other arcs which aren’t continuous in features.
Saturn, the second largest planet is known because it
has a ring system.
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is also bigger than Mercury and it has its own atmosphere. It’s the only moon in the
entire Solar System to be able to have this.
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Titan
Uranus does have its own ring system as well as its
own magnetosphere; along with 27 moons known so far.
Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system. The planet
orbits the Sun only once for every 84 Earth years which is a length period of time to orbit the Sun.
Neptune has almost 17 times more mass than that found on Earth and will be smaller than Uranus which is very close to it.
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Neptune is the further planet away from the Sun.
Makemake Ceres Pluto
There are eight planets in the solar system. Pluto is a Dwarf Planet. There is a huge estimate of maybe 200 different dwarf planets out
there in the Solar System that hasn’t been discovered yet.
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