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 * < Our Solar System ||
 * ~ The Sun ||~ Mercury ||~ Venus ||
 * < * Star Facts: The sun is the largest object in the Solar System, accounting 99.86%of the mass of everything in the Solar System.
 * The popular culture, the sun is yellow. But did you know that the color of the Sun is actually white? Its only when light from the Sun passes through the Earth's atmoshere that in changes in the color, from white, to the yellow we see here on Earth.
 * The source of the sun's fuel is hydrogen and helium gases. Through a special chemical reaction, called nuclear fusion, the hydrogen gas is "burned" releasing an enormous amount of energy in the form of light and heat.

> Earth to the Sun is a whopping > 149,600,000 kilometers (93,000,000 > miles), careful observation from Earth > reveals a surprisingly large number of > different visible features. *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. || *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. . ||< *Year discovered (if known) *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. ||< *Year discovered (if known) *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. m. || *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. ||< *Year discovered (if known) *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. ||< *Year discovered (if known) *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. || *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. || *Year discovered (if known) *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. || *Year discovered (if known) *Diameter (km) *Period of rotation *Average distance from the Sun (km) *Period of revolution *Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total) *Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn). *At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. || What are meteorites usually made of and look like. ||
 * Although the average distance from
 * The source of the sun's fuel is hydrogen and helium gases. Through a special chemical reaction, called nuclear fusion, the hydrogen gas is "burned" releasing an enormous amount of energy in the form of light and heat. ||< *450 BC
 * 1.4 million (km)
 * Period of rotation is about 25 days
 * Average distance from the Sun is 150 million (km)
 * Period of revolution
 * Number of Moons (include moon facts for the moons, up to 5 facts total)
 * Number of Rings (include at leaset 3 rings facts, more for Saturn).
 * At least 3 unique facts about each planet. More facts will be needed for Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. ||< *Year discovered (if known)
 * = [[image:suns_diagram.jpg width="275" height="171" link="http://www.solarviews.com/images/VSS00031.jpg"]] ||= Picture of Planet ||= Picture of Planet ||
 * ~ Earth ||~ Mars ||~ Jupiter ||
 * < *Year discovered (if known)
 * = Picture of Planet ||= Picture of Planet ||= Picture of Planet ||
 * ~ Saturn ||~ Uranus ||~ Neptune ||
 * < *Year discovered (if known)
 * = Picture of Planet ||= Picture of Planet ||= Picture of Planet ||
 * **Neptune** ||= Pluto ||= 3 other dwarf planets ||
 * *Year discovered (if known)
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 * = Comets ||= Asteroids ||= Meteors ||
 * * Description
 * Type of orbits
 * Example of a famous comet
 * Explain the Ort Cloud || * Description
 * Explanation of the Asteroid belt
 * Why are asteroids not planets? || *Explain the difference between a meteor, meteorite and a meteroid.
 * Picture || Picture || Picture ||
 * ~ Sources (Links) ||
 * < * Please make sure that all of your information has a source sited. Please link all of your pictures to the website where you found them. ||

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