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MERCURY
G The diameter of Mercury
is 3,031 miles.
G It takes the planet 58.6
days to rotate completely
360 degrees.
G It takes 88 Earth days for
Mercury to rotate around
the sun.
G Mercury only weighs
5.5% of what earth
weighs.
G Mercurys diameter is
38% of what the earths
diameter is.
VENUS
G The Diameter of Venus is
7,521 miles.
G It takes 243 days to rotate
360 degrees completely.
G It Takes 225 Earth days
to orbit the sun.
G It only has 82 % of the
mass earth has
G Its diameter is about 95%
of earths.
G It is a 30 percent closer to
the sun that the earth.
EARTH
G The Diameter of
earth is 7,926 miles.
G It takes 23 hours, 56
minutes for the
earth to rotate
completely.
G It takes 365.24 days
for the earth to Orbit
around the sun.
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SATURN
G Diameter: 74,900 miles
G Time to rotate completely: 10
hours, 39 minutes
G It takes 29.5 years for saturn
to orbit the sun.
G The sixth planet from the sun
has a rocky core and a lot of
gas on its surface. But Saturn
is known for its rings. The
mile-thick rings are made of
tons and tons of ice that orbit
the planet. Some of the ice
bits are smaller than marbles,
some are bigger than your
computer.
G Saturn has 18 known moons,
each made mostly of ice and
rock.
MARS
G The diameter of Mars is 4,217
miles.
G It takes 24 hours and 37
minutes for it to rotate 360
degrees completely.
G It takes 687 days for mars to
completely orbit the sun.
G It only has 5% of the mass that
the earth has.
G It has 53% of the earths
diameter.
G Its 150% further away from
the sun than the moon is.
JUPITER
G Jupiter weighs over 316
times as much as the
earth.
G It is also 11.12 times
larger than the earth.
G The fifth planet from the
sun is mostly a huge ball
of gas. But at Jupiter's
center is a core of rock
many times the mass of
Earth. The whole planet
is so massive it could
hold all the other planets
put together!
URANUS
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NEPTUNE
G
Pulsar
G A neutron star that
produces radio waves
Protostar
G A contracting cloud of
gas and dust the
earliest stage of a
stars life.
PLUTO
G
G
G
Nebula
G A large amount of gas
and dust in space
spreaded out in an
immense volume
White Dwarf
G The remaining hot
core of a star after its
outer layers have
expanded and drifted
out into space.
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Supernova
G The explosion of a
dying giant or
supergiant star.
Black Hole
G The remains of an
extremely massive
star pulled into a
small volume by
the force of
gravity.
Binary Star
G A star system that
contains two stars.
Neutron Star
A tiny star that remains
after a supernova
explosion.
Quasar
G A distant galaxy with
a black hole at its
center.
Eclipsing Binary
G A star system in
which one star
periodically blocks
light from another.
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Spiral Galaxy
G A galaxy whose arms
curve outward in a
pinwheel pattern
Irregular Galaxy
Elliptical Galaxy
G A galaxy shaped like
a flattened ball
containing only old
stars.
In one version, from the Greeks is, Artemis, the goddess of hunting and the moon fell in
love with Orion. She was so entranced by him, she forgot her divinely duty of illuminating
the night sky. Her twin brother Apollo, seeing Orion swimming in the sea, dared his sister
to strike what only appeared to be a spot on the waves. Not knowing it was Orion,
Artemis shot an arrow and killed him. Later, when she found out what she did, she placed
his body among the stars. The grief she felt explains why the moon looks so sad at night.
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Heracles, the most famous Greek hero. The ancient Romans called him Hercules. Heracles was a
courageous and very strong man. Unfortunately, Heracles had a terrible enemy: the goddess Hera.
Hera was so annoyed by Heracles' strength and fame that she cast a spell over him. As a result, he
committed a terrible crime. Seeking forgiveness, Heracles was told to perform twelve very difficult
tasks for the king