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Mercury
You can see mercury with a pair of binoculars or even the naked eyes because it is
always very near the sun, Mercury may be hard to see in early evening skies.
Venus
Temperature of Venus is hot due to what we call "the Greenhouse Effect.”
Earth
EarthistheonlyplanetwhoseEnglishnamedoesnotderivefromGreekorRomanmythology.
Mars
Though there is no water on mars now, it is thought that large lakes or even oceans
might have once existed on this planet.
Jupiter
Jupiter has high speed winds that blow at more than 400 mph!
Saturn
When it is in the night me sky, saturn is easily visible to the naked eyes. The rings and
the larger moons are visible with a small astronomical telescope.
Uranus
Uranus has 11 known rings, all are very faint. The brightest ring of uranus is known as
the "Epsilon" ring.
Neptune
Voyager 2 saw a smaller dark spot in the southern hemisphere and a small irregular
white cloud that zipped around Neptune every 16 hours or so now. This feature is
known as "The Scooter."

What are Rota on and Revolu on of the Earth?
The Earth is never in the same exact same posi on from day to day. The Earth shows
two types of mo on – rota on and revolu on.

Earth's Rota on

The Earth orbits around the Sun. It takes one year to go around the Sun one complete
me. The Earth also rotates or spins, on its axis. It takes one day to spin around itself

one complete me. The Earth's axis is not straight up and down, but lted at an angle
of 23.5 degrees. The rota on is what causes the change from day to night. This lt is
responsible for having seasons. If the Earth were not lted, we would have the same
season all year long.

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