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THE SOLAR SYSTEM, This is what causes the planets to continuously orbit…
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
It is located on one of the outer edges of the Milky Way
The Sun
Produces
Heat
Light
It is at the centre.
It's 100 times bigger than the Earth
It has heavy weight.
So it has lot of gravity
It pulls celestial bodies towards it
Celestial bodies try to pull away
There are eight planets that orbit the Sun.
There are also satellites, asteroids, comets and meteoroids.
Inner planets or rock planets
They are closest to the Sun
Smaller
Warmer
They are
Mercury
Venus
Earth
The third planet from the Sun
It has life
It looks blue because of water.
It is round but not a perfect sphere
Mars
Outer planets or gas planets
They are further away from the Sun
Bigger
Colder
They have rings
Saturn's rings are the most visible
They are
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Natural satellites
Orbit some of the planets
Outer planets have many moons
Asteroid belts
There is one between Mars and Jupiter
There is another beyond Neptune
Kuiper belt
This is what causes the planets to continuously orbit the Sun