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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Planets


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Planets of Our Solar System
  1. Mercury: smallest planet, approximately one third of Earth
  2. Venus
  3. Earth: fifth largest planet
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter: largest planet, approximately 11 times bigger than Earth
  6. Saturn
  7. Uranus
  8. Neptune

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are Terrestrials

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are Gas Giants (Jovians)

Dwarf Planets

  1. Ceres
  2. Pluto (till 2006, it was classified as the ninth planet)
  3. Haumea
  4. Makemake
  5. Eris

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