English: Science Our solar system

		English			Spanish
		Our solar system
		Our solar system is really, really big!
		It is also very, very old.
		Scientists think our solar system is about 5 billion years old.
		Scientists who study our solar system are called astronomers.
		People who explore the solar system are called astronauts.
		Astronomers and astronauts help us to learn about our solar system.
		Our solar system is made up of the Sun and 9 planets.
		There are also moons, comets, and asteroids.
		Most of our solar system is empty space filled with gas and dust.
		The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
		Some of the planets have moons.
		Saturn has 3 rings.
		The planets orbit around the sun.
		The moons orbit around their planets.
		In drawings the planets look very close to each other.
		They aren't!
		They are very, very, far away from each other.
		solar system			Sistema solar
		astronomer			Astrónomo
		comet			Cometa
		asteroid			Asteroide
		planet			Planeta
		Mercury			Mercurio
		Venus			Venus
		Mars			Marte
		Jupiter			Júpiter
		Saturn			Saturno
		Uranus			Uráneo
		Neptune			Neptuno
		Pluto			Plutón
		moon			luna
		sun			sol
		Earth			tierra
		star			estrella

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