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