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Solar System 2022
Planet descriptions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Largest difference between high and low temperature. Many craters. |
| Venus | Hottest and brightest planet. Day is longer than its year. |
| Earth | The water planet |
| Mars | Reddish color planet due to iron oxide (rust) soil |
| Jupiter | Planet with the big Red Spot. Largest planet |
| Saturn | Planet with the most moons and rings |
| Uranus | Planet axis tilted on its side |
| Neptune | Named after the Roman God of the Sea |
| Pluto | Dwarf Planet made of icy rock. Smallest planet |
| Galaxy | A system of millions or billions of stars, gas and dust, held together by gravity |
| Universe | All space |
| Solar System | A system of planets or other bodies orbiting a star |
| Rotation | To turn on an axis |
| Revolution | Movement of one object around another object. Orbital period, one year. |
| Ellipse | The shape of the planets orbit. |