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Solar system

Solar system. Saturn. Saturn was the Greek god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. In many ways Saturn is similar to Jupiter. But it is much smaller. It is the second largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter.

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Solar system

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  1. Solar system

  2. Saturn • Saturn was the Greek god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. In many ways Saturn is similar to Jupiter. But it is much smaller. • It is the second largest planet in our solar system.

  3. Jupiter • Jupiter is by far the largest planet in our Solar System. The Earth could fit inside Jupiter more than 1000 times. • Jupiter has 50 official moons and 12 provisional (unofficial) moons. • You can see four of Jupiter's moons With a pair of binoculars at night.

  4. Earth • In astronomy mythology, her Greek name was Gaea. Earth was the mother of the mountains, valleys, streams. • The Earth has one moon. Its name is Luna. .

  5. Venus • . • In astronomy mythology, Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. In Greek, her name was Aphrodite • Venus and the Earth are almost the exact same size, you would weigh almost exactly the same on either planet • --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  6. Mars • Mars was the Roman god of war and agriculture. • Evidence suggests that Mars once had rivers, streams, lakes, and even an ocean. • Today the only water on Mars in either frozen in the polar caps or underground.

  7. Uranus • In astronomy mythology, Uranus was the lord of the skies and husband of Earth. • It would take you many years to fly a rocket to Uranus. • When you arrived you would weigh less because Uranus' gravity is not as strong as the Earth's.

  8. Neptune • At first, Neptune was only the god of water, but later on this was extended to include the sea when he became associated with the Greek god Poseidon. • For many, centuries people did not know that this planet even existed. It was discovered by Johann Galle and Heinrich D'Arrest in 1846..

  9. The sun • The Romans called the sun Sol, which in English means sun. In ancient Greece, the sun was called Helios. • To us the sun look ginormous but to other planets it might look really small. • The Sun is by far the largest object in the Solar System.

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