Weekly Feature #18, Stories From a Childs Past: The Planets and their Origin.

About 1,300,000 plants the size of earth could be packed into the sun. The waves of sun light spread out in all directions they travel at the tremendous speed of 186,282 miles (299,792 Kilometers) per second the giant in are atmosphere is Jupiter the red spot on Jupiter is three times bigger than the whole plant and Jupiter is about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers).

A year on Jupiter is about as long as 12 years on earth but a day on Jupiter is about ten hours. The red spot is giant hurricane and the black spot is shadows of one of Jupiter’s moons the sixth planet from the sun is Saturn which is named after a roman god. Saturn has twenty three moons and Saturn is a a (4,800 KM) wide and Saturn is a 885 Million miles way from the sun in a ring between Mars and Jupiter and the milky way is apart of an even bigger cloud of star and Mars is the fourth planet to the Sun.

Mars is named after the roman god of war and Is 142 Million miles away from the sun earth twin is Venus. Venus is about 67 million miles away from the Sun and its years last 225 of our day it day is as long as  243 of our days. Venus is named after the roman goddess of love and beauty the closet planet to the Sun is Mercury it is the hottest planet.

Mercury is about 36 million miles from the Sun a year on Mercury is only as long as 88 days in our days, but a day on Mercury is equal to 59 of our days. The seventh , eight and ninth planet are of the suns family are far away from the seventh plant Uranus is about 1.8 billion miles (12.9 Billion kilometers) from the Sun. Uranus is named after an ancient Sky god , its year is a little more 84 earth years and its day is about 16 earth hours. Uranus has fifteen moons and hard to see rings and Neptune is about 2.8 billion miles (4.5 Billion kilometers  from the Sun. its year is about as long as 165 earth years and its days is about 20 earth hours its has two moons one quite small and one nearly as big as an acre.

The ninth planet Pluto is about 3.7 Billion miles (5.9 Billion kilometers) from the Sun seen from Pluto the Sun is probably only a very bright star Pluto seems to be dark, bare, frozen planet much smaller than earth. Its year is about 248 earth years , its about 6 earth days. Pluto has a tiny moon and Pluto is at the edge of the solar system. Bey and space perhaps its name after the god of dark and the world of dead. The End.