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Our Solar System
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A tour of the local system

Welcome to our solar system. You may think there is very little to know but click on the links below to explore from the Sun to Pluto and beyond.

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The Sun

Mercury

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Venus

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Earth

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Mars

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Asteroids

Jupiter

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Saturn

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Uranus

Neptune

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Pluto

Comets

Remember this information when exploring these pages:
 1AU = the distance from the Sun to the Earth. 
All other measurements are being compared to Earth
(example Mass:  Earth = 1 and Saturn = 95.2 or Saturn has a mass 95.2 times the mass of the Earth)