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Can you name the planets by reading their special descriptions ?

1. It is called the queen of the planets.

2. The fastest orbiting of all the planets, getting around the sun in
just 88 days.

3. This planet is protected from the sun's rediation by a magnetic
field which stretches 60,000 km out into space.

4. The other planet that once had water on its surface, Which is
why scientists are looking for signs of life there.

5. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars form a separate group of
planets. What is this group of planets called ?

6. The brightest and the hottest planet in the solar system with a
surface temperature of over 470°C.

7. It has the strongest winds in the solar system, blowing at up to
700m per second.

8. Unlike all the other planets which orbit on exactly the same

plane as the earth, this planet's orbit cuts across diagonally.
9. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto form a separate
group of planets. Which is this group of planets called ?

10. This planet has no surface to land or because it is made mostly

from helium and hydrogen gases. The ancient Greeks originally
named the planet Zeus, after the king of their Gods.

Venus Earth Saturn Jupiter
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Mercury, Pluto, Jupiter, YOU ¥ Saturn has the lowest density.
Saturn, Outer planets, Know ¥ Earth is the only planet known to have life on it.
Inner planets, Mars, ¥ Mercury has the fastest orbiting speed around the

Neptune, Mercury, Venus. sun.

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