Hi. Today I finished of task two. There are two parts of task two and here they are:
Part two:
Name of the planet
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Picture/
description of the planet
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Which direction does it spin?
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How long does it take to go around the sun one time? (How long is one year on this planet?)
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How long does this planet take to rotate once? (How long is one day on this planet?)
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How much smaller/bigger is this planet than Earth? (Only if you can find out, don’t stress!)
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Mercury
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Second hottest planet, 1 year = 88 Earth days, smallest planet
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Counter clockwise
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58 days
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58days 15 hours, 30 minutes
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Smaller
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Venus
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Hottest planet, second closest to the sun, brightest planet in the solar system, and is too hot for anyone.
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Counter clockwise
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243 days
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116 days, 18 hours 0 minutes
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Smaller
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Earth
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Planet we live on, third planet from the sun, only planet with organic life.
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Counter clockwise
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24 hours
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24 hours
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Mars
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Red in colour, fourth planet from the sun, has the highest mountain in the whole solar system named Olympic Mons.
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Counter clockwise
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24 hours 37 minutes
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24 hours 40 minutes
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Bigger
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Jupiter
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Covered in clouds, fifth planet from the sun, giant red spots is a raging storm, and in size it’s the bigger one.
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Counter clockwise
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9 hour 55 minutes
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9 hours 56 minutes
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Bigger
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Saturn
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Brown in colour, sixth planet from the sun, outer rings are extremely thin they are made from dust and icy chunks.
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Anti-Clockwise
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10 hours 35 minutes
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10 hours 42 minutes
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Bigger
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Uranus
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Blue in colour, seventh planet from the sun, humans call Uranus the icy planet because it’s the coldest one.
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Counter clockwise
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17 hours
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17 hours 14 minutes
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Bigger
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Neptune
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Blue in colour, eighth planet from the sun, to many storms in it’s atmosphere and is the furthest from the sun.
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Counter clockwise
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16 hours
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16 hours 6 minutes
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Bigger
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