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1. By mica Clarke

2.  Apart from the fact that the
sun is a burning ball of
gas, it is quite remarkable.
It helps the plants grow
and lets life live. If the sun
wasn’t there then we
would not be here now!

3.  There are 8 planet names can you think of any?
 Mercury
 Venus
 earth
 Mars
 Jupiter
 Saturn
 Uranus
 Neptune

4.  Mercury’s name came from the
Greek god Hermes. If you moved to
mercury you would not weigh as
much as you would on earth.
Mercury is the closest planet to the
sun. it is. Mercury is 46 million
kilometres from the Sun. mercury
has no moons.

5.  In astronomy mythology, Venus
was the Roman goddess of love
and beauty. In Greek, her name
was Aphrodite.
 Venus has no moons.
 The distance of Venus from the
sun is108,942,109 km

6.  Scientists use the Earth to study all the other
planets. Since no human has ever visited
another planet, we have to use what we know
about the Earth, and try to guess what the
other planets must be like. The earth is miles
from the sun.
 The exact distance between Earth and the Sun
varies with its position in its orbit, which is
elliptical. The average distance between the
Earth and the Sun is about 150 million
kilometres (93 million miles).

7. Mars is approximately 249,209,300 km or 154.8
million miles from the Sun.
If you weighed 70 pounds (32 kg) on the Earth, you
would weigh about 27 pounds (12 kg) on Mars. Mars
excites scientists because its mild temperament is
more like the Earth's than any of the other planets.
Evidence suggests that Mars once had rivers,
streams, lakes, and even an ocean. As Mars'
atmosphere slowly depleted into outer space, the
surface water began to permanently evaporate.
Today the only water on Mars in either frozen in the
polar caps or underground.

8.  Jupiter is 483.78 million miles away
from the sun.
 Jupiter known as Zeus in Greek
mythology over threw his father
Saturn to become the king of gods.
He then split the universe with his
brothers Neptune and Pluto.

9.  The average distance of Saturn from the Sun is
1,433,44 million miles. Saturn was the Roman
god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by
the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the
father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to
become king of the gods, but was then
overthrown himself by his son Jupiter. 9,370
km or 890,700,000 miles.

10.  Like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus is a gas giant.
But Uranus is a little different. Unlike all the
other planets and most of the moons in our
Solar System, Uranus spins on its side. It is
believed that long ago a very large object
smashed into this planet. The crash was so
powerful that it completely changed the
direction of Uranus' planetary rotation. The
average distance Uranus is from the Sun is
2,870,990,000 km.

11. Neptune is the Eighth planet in
the Solar System.
The distance from the Sun is:-
•Neptune is approximately
4,553,946,490 km (2,829,691,160
miles) from the sun.