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____________________ - a person who travels in a spacecraft into our space .
____________________ - a large round object that circles the Earth and shines at night .
____________________ - To follow a curved path around something else .
____________________ - A large , round object in space ( Earth ) that travels around a star ( Sun )
____________________ system - A star and the planets that move around it .
____________________ - objects in space made of burning gas

The Sun is a yellow ____________________ star . It looks like a very hot ball of burning gases . Did you know that the Sun is 4 . 5 billion years old ?

The Sun creates the weather , climate and seasons on Earth . The Sun is ____________________ to us on Earth , but there are billions of other stars like our Sun in the Milky Way galaxy .

Planets
People live on Earth . Earth is the ____________________ planet from the Sun . It is also the fifth largest planet in the solar system . As far as we know , Earth is the only planet in our solar system that has living things .

____________________ is the smallest planet in our solar system . It is also the planet that is closest to the Sun . Mercury is only a little bigger than Earth's Moon .

____________________ is the second planet from the Sun . It's the closest planet to Earth ! Venus may look like it is the same size and shape as Earth , but it is very different . Venus spins very slowly

____________________ is the fourth planet from the Sun . It's a very dusty and cold planet . Mars is sometimes called the ____________________ Planet . Scientists want to know if Mars may have had living things in the past .

The largest planet in our solar system is Jupiter ! ____________________ is also made of gas . Jupiter is surrounded by more than 65 known moons !

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun . ____________________ is known for its beautiful rings . Saturn's rings are made of chunks of ice and rock . Similar to Jupiter , Saturn is mostly made of gas .

Uranus is an ____________________ planet . It has faint rings that are narrow and dark . Uranus is partly made of water and has a small rocky center .

Neptune is more than thirty times as far from the Sun as Earth is . ____________________ has six rings , but they are very hard to see . This planet is dark , cold , and ____________________ .

Pluto might not be part of the ____________________ major planets in our solar system Pluto is a dwarf planet and has five known moons . Pluto has mountains , valleys , plains , and craters .

The Moon
Earth's Moon is the fifth largest moon in the solar system . The ____________________ is the brightest and largest object you see in the sky at night . It's also the only place beyond Earth where people have set foot . Astronauts have brought back a total of 842 pounds of ____________________ rocks and soil to Earth to study ?