14 Fun Facts About the Solar System: Educational Version
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You may think the Solar System consists of the sun and the eight planets that orbit around it. However, there are other things out there. There are comets, moons, asteroids, meteors, dust, ice, rock and much more. Plus there is a whole lot of man made junk. How much do you know about the solar system?
Which planet had the potential to become a star?
How many asteroids are there in the asteroid belt?
How average is our sun?
How far does the sun’s gravity extend?
How old is our solar system?
The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
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Jeannie Meekins
Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com
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14 Fun Facts About the Solar System - Jeannie Meekins
14 FUN FACTS ABOUT
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
By Jeannie Meekins
A LearningIsland.com
15 - Minute Book
We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of space and our universe, the more information we are discovering.
Editor: Jennifer Robinson
Title page picture by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA )
Smashwords Edition
Text (c) Copyright 2007 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.
Published by LearningIsland.com. All rights reserved.
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14 Fun Facts About the Solar System / Jeannie Meekins
Summary: A brief look at the Solar System we live in.
1. Solar System. Juvenile Literature. 2. Space. Juvenile Literature.
Words: 1821
Reading Level: 6.6
Ages 9 and up.
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You may think the Solar System consists of the sun and the eight planets that orbit around it. However, there are other things out there. There are comets, moons, asteroids, meteors, dust, ice, rock and much more. Plus there is a whole lot of man made junk. Here are some fun facts about the solar system that you may not know.
(NASA)
Fact 1: The Earth is not the center of the solar system or of the universe.
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