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This is the largest object in our solar system. Although its not a planet it plays a very important part of what we call daytime!
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The answer, the sun! The sun is a type of star and gives off light!
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Mercury
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The closest planet to the sun as well as the eighth largest in our solar system.
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The second planet from the sun and the sixth largest planet in our solar system. It is usually the brightest of the planets when we look through a telescope.
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Venus
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Earth
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The third planet from the sun and the fifth largest. We know the most about this planet, because we live here.
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The fourth planet from the sun and the seventh largest. It is sometimes referred to as the red planet.
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Mars
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Jupiter
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This planet is the biggest of them all. It is twice as big as all the other planets combined. It is 318 times the size of earth and is the fifth planet from the sun.
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The second largest planet and the sixth planet from the sun. This planet also has the most visible rings around it.
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Saturn
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Uranus
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The seventh planet from the sun and the third largest.
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The eighth planet from the sun and it is the fourth largest.
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Neptune
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Pluto
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The smallest planet and is usually called a "dwarf planet". It is furthest from the sun and is smaller than most moons of our planets.
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