The Planets

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intro---  the planets

Gas Giants: four planets farthest from the sun not solid-more fluid like, made of gases much larger than Terrestrials

Neptune: Great and Small Dark Spots (storms)

Uranus: coldest planet referred to as an "ice giant"

Saturn: "The Ringed Planet" fastest winds of any planet flattest planet extremely hot interior

Jupiter: has 67 moons! largest planet Great Red Spot is an enormous storm going on for hundreds of years

Terrestrials:   the four planets closest to the sun made of mostly solid rock

Mars: experiences huge dust storms has seasons like earth-last twice as long

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Earth: largest of terrestrial planets only known planet to support life 70% of surface covered in water

Venus: rotates clockwise (all others rotate counterclockwise) closest planet to earth only planet named after a female figure

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Mercury: closest to the sun second hottest planet smallest out of all the planets more craters than any other planet

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Order of the planets from the sun

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