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The document provides an overview of the planets in the Solar System, detailing their sizes, characteristics, and unique features. Mercury is the smallest, while Jupiter is the largest, and Earth is the only known planet to support life. Other planets like Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also described with their distinct attributes.

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Solar System 01

The document provides an overview of the planets in the Solar System, detailing their sizes, characteristics, and unique features. Mercury is the smallest, while Jupiter is the largest, and Earth is the only known planet to support life. Other planets like Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also described with their distinct attributes.

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Solar System

Abdulaziz Sindi
Mercury

Mercury: With a diameter of 4,879 km


(3031.67 mi), Mercury is the smallest
planet in our Solar System. In fact,
Mercury is not much larger than
Earth’s own Moon – which has
diameter of 3,474 km (2158.64 mi)
Venus

Venus does not have any moons or


rings. Venus is nearly as big as the
Earth with a diameter of 12,104 km.
Venus is thought to be made up of a
central iron core, rocky mantle and
silicate crust. A day on the surface
of Venus (solar day) would appear
to take 117 Earth days. A year on
Venus takes 225 Earth days.
Earth
Earth is a planet we live in. It
has 1 moon only. The Earth is
the only planet in our solar
system not to be named after a
Greek or Roman deity. The
Earth was formed
approximately 4.54 billion
years ago and is the only
known planet to support life.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from
the Sun and is the second
smallest planet in the solar
system. Named after the
Roman god of war, Mars is also
often described as the “Red
Planet” due to its reddish
appearance. Mars is a terrestrial
planet with a thin atmosphere
composed primarily of carbon
dioxide.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun
in the solar system and the largest of
all. (Order of the planets from the Sun:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
(the dwarf planet)). “Jupiter is 11 times
wider than Earth.”
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from
the Sun and the second largest
planet in our solar system. Click to add text
Adorned with thousands of
beautiful ringlets, Saturn is
unique among the planets.
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from
the Sun. It’s not visible to the naked
eye, and became the first planet
discovered with the use of a telescope.
Uranus is tipped over on its side with
an axial tilt of 98 degrees. It is often
described as “rolling around the Sun on
its side.”
Neptune
Neptune is the farthest planet from
the Sun, and the fourth largest out of all
the planets of the Solar System. It is
more than 30 times farther from the
Sun than Earth.

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