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5th Solar System
Celestial bodies in the Solar System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mercury | closest planet to the sun |
| Venus | hottest planet |
| Earth | planet 3/4 covered in water |
| Mars | planet with a red surface |
| Jupiter | largest planet |
| Saturn | has the largest ring system |
| Uranus | spins on its side and has vertical rings |
| Neptune | coldest planet |
| Pluto | dwarf planet that used to be considered a planet |
| Ceres | dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt |
| Sun | a medium sized star that is the center of our solar system |
| comet | icy body that appears to have a tail |
| asteroid | rocky irregularly shaped bodies that orbit the sun |
| astronomical unit | distance between earth and sun 93 million miles |