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The Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star – a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium – at the center of our solar system. It’s about 150 million kilometers from Earth and it’s our solar system’s only star.
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sun
source of life
age
4.5 bilion years
star Type
Yellow Dwarf
Radius
696,340 kilometers
temperature
5,500 degrees Celsius
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The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. Mercury is the fastest planet, zipping around the Sun every 88 Earth days.
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mercury
hot and cold
Length of Year
88 Earth Days
Planet Type
Terrestrial
Radius
2,439 kilometers
distance from sun
50,784,911 km
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Venus is a terrestrial planet and is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similar size, mass, proximity to the Sun, and bulk composition. It is radically different from Earth in other respects.
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venus
the Evening Star
Length of Year
225 Earth Days
Planet Type
Terrestrial
Radius
6,051 kilometers
distance from sun
107,480,968 km
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large amounts of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water.
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earth
home sweet home
Length of Year
365 Earth Days
Planet Type
Terrestrial
Radius
6,371 kilometers
distance from sun
147,295,031 km
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Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, with surface features reminiscent of the impact craters of the Moon, and the valleys, deserts and polar ice caps of Earth.
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mars
the red planet
Length of Year
687 Earth Days
Planet Type
Terrestrial
Radius
3,390 kilometers
distance from sun
224,894,231 km
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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
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jupiter
the king
Length of Year
4,333 Earth Days
Planet Type
Gas Giant
Radius
71,492 kilometers
distance from sun
746,122,626 km
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in our solar system. Saturn is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn's. Saturn also has dozens of moons.
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saturn
The Ringed One
Length of Year
10,759 Earth Days
Planet Type
Gas Giant
Radius
58,232 kilometers
distance from sun
147,295,031 km
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The seventh planet from the Sun with the third largest diameter in our solar system, Uranus is very cold and windy. It is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.
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uranus
SEVENTH WANDERER
Length of Year
30.687 Earth Days
Planet Type
Ice Giant
Radius
25,362 kilometers
distance from sun
2,935,484,463 km
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Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun. In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet.
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neptune
Way Out There
Length of Year
165 Earth Days
Planet Type
Ice Giant
Radius
24,622 kilometers
distance from sun
4,475,931,034 km
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