second smallest planet in the solar system. It is 4‚879 kilometers across. Compare that with our moon‚ which is 3456 km across‚ and you can see that mercury is not very big. In fact‚ Jupiter’s moons Ganymede and Callisto and Saturn’s moon Titan are bigger! Even though those moons are bigger‚ Mercury weighs a lot more than they do because it is made of mostly metal and rock. In fact‚ Mercury has the most metals for its size of any planet in the solar system. Mercury is also the closest planet to the sun
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house. 9) Save trees.Make it a habit to print on bth sides of old documents 4 faxes. Choosing environmentally friendly cleaning products — and removing toxic ones — goes a long way towards ensuring a home with fresh‚ clean air. Clean air renews and rejuvenates; it doesn’t pollute our lives or the environment. Living in a less toxic home‚ removed from neurotoxic chemicals‚ improves sleep and concentration‚ makes babies less fussy‚ and gives a sense of well-being. Your household’s toxic burden on the
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Our solar system consists of the sun and nine planets. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Mercury was named after the Roman God of Commerce and Thievery. It might have gotten its name because of the way it quickly appears and disappears from Earth’s view. Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system; Pluto is the only planet that is smaller. Earth’s diameter is about 7‚200‚ while tiny Mercury has less than half of that size‚ about 3‚000 miles in diameter. Mercury‚ a planet‚ is
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Jovian Planets Ranging between 4.95 and 30.4 AU away from the Sun are the Jovian planets. Jovian means of or relating to either the planet or the mythological god‚ Jupiter. The Jovian planets‚ also referred to as gas giants‚ are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune. These planets all fit the category of being a Jovian planet due to the mutual inclusiveness of a thick atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. These planets are not solid‚ they only become denser further towards the core
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but also cleanliness in all our habits. By this means we shall avoid many diseases which are entirely due to dirt of various kinds. The old and excellent definition that dirt is matter in the wrong place suggests that it should be removed; and when we remember that this dirt may consist of irritating particles of minerals in the form of dust‚ or of poisonous chemicals‚ and‚ more fatally‚ of disease germs‚ we shall be greatly impressed with the necessity of being clean. Cleanliness is the absence
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i The Planet Venus iii Introduction iii The Surface iii The Atmosphere iii Volcanoes v Magellan Mission v Work Cited Page vii The Planet Venus Introduction The planet we know as Venus is the second planet from the Sun in our solar system. The Planet is also the brightest if we were looking at it from earth. According to a some information I have found it "is the third brightest celestial object in the sky (after the Sun and Moon) [And] is also one of the few bodies in our Solar System
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Save the planet Nobody likes to live in 23 hundred miles round trip earth has been around for 4.5 billion yaers‚ the planet has been around for a long time and it has the ability to regenarate economize resources manage waste we’re part of something greater Because we’re not saving the planet we are saving ourselves A couple of months ago‚ I got into my car‚ put on my seatbelt‚ put on my sunglasses and drove south. 23 hundred miles round trip. I went to cabo and I got to see some
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ENGLISH CLASS 2013 PLANET EARTH OUR PLANET TEACHER ERICKA SANTIESTEBAN COLEGIO LA ROCA Earth is the third planet from the Sun‚ and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the world‚ the Blue Planet‚ or by its Latin name‚ Terra. Earth formed approximately 4.54 billion years ago‚ and life appeared on its surface within one billion years. Earth’s biosphere then
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PLANET VENUS Ladies and gentlemen‚ today you are going to witness the most exceptional and gorgeous alien in the universe from the planet Venus! Venera! Let us give her a round of applause. TRANSLATION Good day people of the Earth! You once believe that my planet is your morning star and evening star. After the Sun and the Moon it is the brightest object in your night-sky. My planet is Venus‚ my name is Venera and my people are Venerians. Venus was once like earth but as the sun expands
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. Because Saturn is bigger than Earth‚ you would weigh more on Saturn. If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth you would weigh 112 on Saturn. The Romans gave the planet Saturn its name after their god of agriculture. Saturn is 74‚899 miles wide (120‚535 kilometers wide). It takes Saturn ten hours and forty minutes to complete one single rotation‚ isn ’t that cool! One day on Saturn is only ten hours long‚ ours is twenty-four hours long. Thirty years
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