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Mercury's orbit is so close to the Sun that it is hard to see from the ground. This is why ...
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Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky. It is always found near the Sun. It rises ...
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Mars is a bright, red object in the sky. It is very easy to see, which means that even people ...
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Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system! It's also very bright in the sky. We don't ...
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Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system. It is also very bright in the sky. ...
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Uranus was discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. He argued with his friends over its name. ...
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Neptune was discovered in 1846. But it wasn't discovered using a telescope. Scientists used ...
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The ninth planet in our solar system is Pluto. It was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. ...
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Ceres is the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt. It was classified as a "dwarf ...
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Haumea is a dwarf planet in our Solar System. Haumea is officially the fifth dwarf planet. ...
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Near the Earth’s equator is where you could find some of the warmest places on Earth. But it wasn’t always like that. It used to be cold at the equator, so cold that ice formed on land and in the ocean....
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