PLANET VENUS. The second planet from the Sun and the closest in size to the Earth. There the similarities end with a surface temperature of 460C and crushing gravity.

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PLANET EARTH. The third rock from the Sun and accompanied by 1 moon. It takes the Earth 365 days to make one orbit of the Sun and 24 hours to rotate through day and night.

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PLANET MARS. The 4th planet from the Sun and the second smallest. Mars is a rocky planet with a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide. Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Demos.

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PLANET JUPITER. A gas giant planet and the fifth from the Sun. Jupiter has raging storm known as the Great Red Spot. It has 79 moons and the 4 largest are visible through a small telescope.

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PLANET SATURN. The jewel of the Solar System with a system of rings made from small particles of ice. Jupiter also has over 60 moons, and one of its largest moons Titan, has lakes of liquid Methane.

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PLANET URANUS. The seventh planet from the Sun Uranus is another gas giant with the unusual feature of rotating on its end instead of at its equator.

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PLANET NEPTUNE. The eighth and final planet. Neptune is also a gas giant though not as big as Jupiter or Saturn. 14 moons has so far been discovered around Neptune.

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Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active planet in the solar system, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains dozens of kilometers high. What a space probe land on Io's surface.

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The rings of Saturn are the most extensive ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of many small particles, from mm to m in size are made almost entirely of water ice.

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If the Moon were replaced by Jupiter! Watch as the giant gas planet Jupiter rises above the Australian city of Perth in this timelaps video.

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If the Moon were replaced by Mars! Watch as the planet Mars rises above the Australian city of Perth in this timelaps video.

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First EXOMOON discovered! A moon orbiting an Exoplanet orbiting anothor star.

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