Our Solar System

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Jupiter rotates faster than any other planet.

It completes one rotation in 10 hours

Jupiter has a faint ring system, these rings appear to be made of dust.

This is also a windy planet as the fast rotation causes high winds.

It has 16 planets.

Jupiter –The Giant Planet

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Saturn

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Saturn –The Jewel Planet

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

It is named after the Roman god Saturn

Saturn is classified as a gas giant planet

It is the most beautiful planet in solar system because of its spectacular rings

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Saturn-The Jewel Planet

Saturn rings are made up of ice & ice covered particles

It has 22 known satellites .

It can be seen by naked eye

Saturn is 95 times heavier than earth

it takes Saturn 10,759 Earth days (or about 29½ years), to finish one revolution around the Sun

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Uranus

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Uranus –A planet on its

Uranus appears to lie on its side.

It is named after the Roman god of the sky.

The only planet which rotates on its axis from east to west.

Side

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It has at least ten thin uniform black rings ,which are made of dust.

It has 27 known satellites

It is a very cold planet ,it receives 370 times less sunlight than Earth as it is far away from sun as compared to Earth.

Its core is very rocky.

Uranus –A planet on its

Side

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Neptune

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Neptune –The Last Giant

Most distant gas planet.

It is named after the Roman god of the sea .

Most windy planet

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Can’t be seen with naked eye

It has 8 known satellite

As it is very far from Sun,it completes an orbit on average every 164.79 years.

The average distance between Neptune and the Sun is 4.50 billion km.

Neptune was the first planet found by mathematical prediction.

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