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The Sun
2. Mercury
3. Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun. It is a terrestrial planet. This means that
we think it was created in a similar way to our planet Earth and is made of rock.
4. The Earth is the planet we live on. It is the only planet in the Solar System with liquid
water on its surface. It is also the only planet we know to have life on it. Earth is also
known as Terra.
5. The Moon - Most of the planets in the Solar System are much bigger than their moons,
but the Earth and the Moon are much closer in size.
6. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is called a terrestrial planet because its outer
layers are made of rocky material like the Earth.
7. Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our Solar System: two and a half times larger than
all of the other planets put together.
8. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun, and is one of the gas giants.
9. Uranus is 51,118 kilometers or about four Earths wide. It is the third widest and fourth
heaviest planet in the Solar System.
10. Neptune is very similar to Uranus in size. Its diameter is only slightly smaller, at 49,528
km wide.
11. Pluto is a dwarf planet, smaller even than Earth's Moon.