ACTUAL FACTS: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM — FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

DR. MATILDA A. EVANS' CLASS

Actual Facts

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   A million earths can fit inside our sun; it is that big!

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   Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system because it traps heat in its atmosphere like a runaway greenhouse effect.

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   Uranus is the coldest planet because it lacks significant internal heat.

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   There is a ring of millions of rocks located between Mars and Jupiter that is named the Asteroid Belt.

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   The size of the rocks in this ring ranges from tiny bits of dust to rocks as large as a Dwarf planet.

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   Dwarf Planets are smaller than our Earth's Moon. They are shaped round but do not have their own orbit.

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   The Asteroid Belt has one Dwarf planet that we know of and it is named Ceres.

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   There is another belt of rocks that rotates in solar system, and its name is the Kuiper Belt. The Kuiper Belt is located on the other side of the planet Neptune.

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   The Dwarf Planet Puto is located in the Kuiper Belt.

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    The Kuiper Belt also has three other Dwarf Planets: Makemake, Eris and Haumea.