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101 Facts… Solar System: 101 Space Facts for Kids, #4
101 Facts… Solar System: 101 Space Facts for Kids, #4
101 Facts… Solar System: 101 Space Facts for Kids, #4
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IP Factly presents... "101 Facts… Solar System!"
Solar System Kids Book - Amazing facts, stunning photos plus videos telling the story of the solar system for kids. 

Space facts for kids
A fun and fascinating way for young readers to discover more about the planets, dwarf planets and other fascinating objects in the Solar System. 

This planet book for kids mixes facts, stunning photos and even Videos to encourage and bolster independent reading. 

Accompanying webpage with video clips
This book provides fact after fact for information hungry children to tell family and friends, and even has an accompanying webpage with video clips giving a visual insight into the Solar System. 
The video links mean children come back again and again, naturally developing their reading and learning skills.

Fascinating Facts Include...
The word ‘planet’ comes from the Greek word ‘planetes’, which means ‘wandering star’. 
The Solar System is only a small part of the spiral Milky Way galaxy. In fact, it is located on a small portion of just one minor arm of the galaxy called the Orion Arm. 
More than 619,000 minor planets have been discovered in the Solar System. 
The Sun accounts for more than 99% of the mass of the Solar System, about 300,000 times the mass of Earth. 
Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System. It also has the strongest magnetic field and the fastest rotation period, which means it spins faster than any other planet. 

Contents
How the Solar System Came To Be 
The Sun 
Mercury 
Venus 
Earth 
Mars 
Jupiter 
Saturn 
Uranus 
Neptune 
Beyond Neptune 
The Asteroid Belt 
Comets 
Other Objects in the Solar System 
Video Page 

LanguageEnglish
PublisherIP Factly
Release dateApr 14, 2015
ISBN9781513071084
101 Facts… Solar System: 101 Space Facts for Kids, #4

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    Contents

    101 Facts... Solar System!

    Contents

    Solar System

    General

    How the Solar System Came To Be

    The Sun

    Planets

    Mercury

    Venus

    Earth

    Mars

    Jupiter

    Saturn

    Uranus

    Neptune

    Beyond Neptune

    The Asteroid Belt

    Comets

    Other Objects in the Solar System

    Video Page

    I hope you enjoyed the book

    Image Credits

    Solar System

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    When we look through the telescope and gaze up at the sky, some of what we see is our Solar System, our own little patch of the universe. The word ‘solar’ comes from the Latin word ‘sol’, meaning ‘Sun’, so Solar System literally means the Sun’s system.

    Objects in Our Solar System by NASA

    General

    The Solar System is made up of the Sun, along with the planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in space that circle it. It is believed to be 4.6 billion years old.

    Our solar system – a montage including smaller bodies such as dwarf planets, comets and asteroids by NASA

    A planet is a round object in space that orbits a star, like the Sun. The word ‘planet’ comes from the Greek

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