What’s The Solar System?

The Earth that we live on,the Sun,and the Moon are all parts of the Solar System because everything moves around the Sun.There are nine planets in the Solar System,and the Earth is just one of them. Most of

them have moons moving around them.

The SunThe Sun is the biggest star in the Solar System. It is

very big that one million Earths could fit inside it. It is very hot- it’s the hottest star that exist in the Solar System. It’s always moving. It is dangerous to look directly at the sun.

MercuryIs a small planet that orbits very close to the Sun.It’s the

closest planet to the Sun.The Sun’s light makes Mercury’s days very hot, however, the nights are cold.It’s much colder than any freezer. It’s because there is no air to stop the heat from escaping.

VenusVenus is the closest planet to Earth. On Venus the

sky is yellow and cloudy. The Sun makes Venus extremely hot. It has enormous volcanoes. Sometimes they erupt at the same time, covering the whole planet with lava. Many spaceships have visited Venus, but they have been

destroyed by the heat an acid in the air.

Planet Earth

Earth is the planet we live on. It has only one moon. Most of it’s surface is covered with water, so from space Earth looks blue.Together, the water,air, and warmth from the Sun make life on Earth possible.There are many different types of plants and animals that live on Earth. It has many volcanoes

and earthquakes.

MarsMars is red because it is rusty. There is a lot of iron in

the soil, and the air on Mars has made it turn red. It’s poles are covered with ice. The ice becomes thicker in the winter. It has two tiny moons. Mars is covered with deserts,canyons,craters,and gigantic dead volcanoes.

Jupiter

Jupiter is the biggest planet. It is 1,300 times the size of the Earth. It spins around the Sun quickly,so it’s days are only ten hours long. It doesn’t have a solid surface. It’s not possible to land a spaceship on Jupiter. It’s a very stormy planet.It also has many moons. Some moons are bigger than Mercury and

Pluto.

SaturnSaturn is a very beautiful planet. Saturn is so light that if

there was an ocean big enough, the planet could float in it. Saturn’s rings are made of up of billions of pieces of rocks and dust. It’s rings are very bright.

UranusUranus is a huge,cold,blue-green world far out in space.

It is surrounded by many black rings and icy moons. Because of the strange way it spins, the nights on some parts of Uranus can last for more than 40 years.

NeptuneNeptune is an extremely cold blue planet. It is very far

away from Earth. The space probe Voyager 2 took 12 years to reach it. Neptune has different moons; one of the moons is called Triton,it has volcanic eruptions of liquid nitrogen. It is the stormiest planet. The winds can can blow up to 1,240 miles per hour.

PlutoPluto is the farthest planet from the Sun. It is tiny,

reddish-brown, and smaller than Earth’s moon. Because it’s very small and distant, Pluto can only be seen from Earth by using a powerful telescope. It is the only planet that no

spaceship has reached, we do not know what it really looks like.