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The Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star – a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium – at the center of our solar system. It’s about 150 million kilometers from Earth and it’s our solar system’s only star.

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sun

source of life

age

4.5 bilion years

star Type

Yellow Dwarf

Radius

696,340 kilometers

temperature

5,500 degrees Celsius

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Mercurio è il più piccolo pianeta del sistema solare ed il più vicino al Sole. E' poco più grande della Luna. Mercurio è anche il pianeta più veloce e percorre la sua orbita intorno al Sole in soli 88 giorni terrestri.

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mercurio

caldo e freddo

un anno dura

88 giorni terrestri

Tipo di pianeta

Roccioso

Raggio

2.439 km

distanza dal sole

50.784.911 km

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Venere è un pianeta roccioso e viene anche chiamato la sorella della Terra poiché hanno simili dimensioni, massa e distanza dal Sole. E' il pianeta che appare più luminoso nel cielo, quasi come una stella: infatti è avvolto da dense nuvole che riflettono la luce del Sole.

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venere

la stella del pomeriggio

durata di un anno

225 giorni terrestri

Tipo di Pianeta

Roccioso

Raggio

6.051 km

distanza dal sole

107.480.968 km

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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large amounts of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water.

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terra

casa dolce casa

un anno dura

365 giorni terrestri

Tipo di Pianeta

Terrestre

Raggio

6.371 km

distanza dal Sole

147.295.031 km

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Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, with surface features reminiscent of the impact craters of the Moon, and the valleys, deserts and polar ice caps of Earth.

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mars

the red planet

Length of Year

687 Earth Days

Planet Type

Terrestrial

Radius

3,390 kilometers

distance from sun

224,894,231 km

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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined

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jupiter

the king

Length of Year

4,333 Earth Days

Planet Type

Gas Giant

Radius

71,492 kilometers

distance from sun

746,122,626 km

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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in our solar system. Saturn is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn's. Saturn also has dozens of moons.

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saturn

The Ringed One

Length of Year

10,759 Earth Days

Planet Type

Gas Giant

Radius

58,232 kilometers

distance from sun

147,295,031 km

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The seventh planet from the Sun with the third largest diameter in our solar system, Uranus is very cold and windy. It is surrounded by 13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly 90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.

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uranus

SEVENTH WANDERER

Length of Year

30.687 Earth Days

Planet Type

Ice Giant

Radius

25,362 kilometers

distance from sun

2,935,484,463 km

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Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun. In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet.

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neptune

Way Out There

Length of Year

165 Earth Days

Planet Type

Ice Giant

Radius

24,622 kilometers

distance from sun

4,475,931,034 km