SOLAR SYSTEM

Jupiter is known for its stripes and large red spot.

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun.

Jupiter was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.10 Aug 2011

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

Its beautiful rings are not solid. They are made up of bits of ice, dust and rock.

Saturn is the only planet that could float in water.

The rings are huge but thin. The main rings could almost go from Earth to the moon. Yet, they are less than a kilometer thick.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.

Uranus was the first planet found using a telescope.

Uranus is an Ice Giant planet and nearly four times larger than Earth.

Uranus is known as the “sideways planet” because it rotates on its side.

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known Solar planet from the Sun.

Neptune is the Smallest of the Gas Giants

Neptune has the Strongest Winds in the Solar System

Neptune is the Coldest Planet in the Solar System

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, being larger than only Mercury.

Mars carries the name of the Roman god of war and is often referred to as the "Red Planet"

Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system.

Mars has the largest dust storms in the solar system

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor and support life.

Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and it's the only one known for sure to have liquid water on its surface.

70% of the Earth's Surface is Covered in Water

The Earth's Molten Iron Core Creates a Magnetic Field

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Venus is the second planet from the Sun.

Unlike the other planets in our solar system, Venus spins clockwise on its axis.

It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Venus is the second brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon.

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

Mercury has the most craters in the Solar System

The biggest crater in Mercury could fit Western Europe.