The document describes the planets in our solar system. It explains that there are 8 officially recognized planets orbiting our sun, plus dwarf planets like Pluto. Each planet is introduced with details about its composition, number of moons, and time it takes to complete an orbit around the sun. The largest planets are gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn, while smaller planets like Earth and Mars are composed of rock. The solar system resides within the Milky Way galaxy, which contains billions of other stars.

1. THE SOLAR SYSTEM

2. SPIN

3. MOON

4. DUST ICE FIRE
HOT COLDIRON

6. CLOSE
FAR

7. STARS

8. GALAXY
A galaxy is made of billions of stars, planets, gas
clouds, dust,…
There are billions of galaxies in the Universe.

9. THE MILKY WAY
Our galaxy is called the Milky Way, because it looks
like a way of milky white light across the sky.

10. It’s a burning ball of fire. It’s a star.
It is very big and life on Earth depends on it.
It provides us light and heat.
SUN

11. THE PLANETS
There are 8 planets…

12. It’s the closest planet to the sun.
It’s a ball of iron and it has no moon.
Its spin around the sun lasts 88 days (3 months).
MERCURY

13. It’s the same size as the Earth
but it spins in the other way.
It has no water or moon.
Its spin around the sun lasts 225 days
(7 months and a half)
VENUS
It’s the brightest planet in the
Solar System.
It’s called “The Morning Star
and the Evening Star” since you
can see it during day and night.

14. It’s the place where we all live.
There is land (rocks) and lots of seas (water), so it
looks blue.
It’s called the blue planet. It has got 1 moon.
Its spin around the sun lasts 365 days (1 year).
EARTH

15. It’s a rocky red planet. It’s called the red planet.
It has got mountains, deserts, volcanos,…
Its mountains are the highest in the Solar System.
It has got two moons. Its spin around the sun lasts
687 days (almost 2 years).
MARS

16. It’s a gas giant. It’s the biggest planet and it spins
the fastest. It has got 63 moons. It’s got the
biggest moon. It has got thin rings.
Its spin around the sun lasts almost 12 years.
JUPITER Stable
STORM

17. It’s a gas giant.
It has got 5 rings made of ice.
It has got 62 moons. Titan is its biggest moon.
Its spin around the sun lasts almost 30 years.
SATURN

18. It’s an icy gas giant.
It’s the coldest planet in the solar system.
It has rings made of dust. It has got 27 moons.
Its spin around the sun lasts 84 years.
URANUS

19. It’s an icy gas giant.
It’s the farthest planet from the sun.
It has got 13 moons and many storms. It has got
thin rings. Its spin around the sun lasts 165 years.
NEPTUNE

20. It has got 2 moons.
It is considered a dwarf planet (very small).
There are 5 dwarf planets, including Pluto, or maybe
more…
PLUTO