The Solar System
Solar system
The Solar System
The sun is a star. The planets orbit around the sun. Scroll down to find out more!
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Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is known for being the hottest planet in our solar system, even though it's further away than Mercury
Earth, our home planet, is the third planet from the Sun and is known to be the only planet with liquid water on its surface.
Mars, often called the "Red Planet", is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system. It's a cold, dusty desert world with a thin atmosphere, primarily composed of carbon dioxide.
The asteroid belt is a region in our solar system located between Mars and Jupiter, containing millions of asteroids.
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about nine times that of Earth.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet.
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