Transcript example 2 - space File

The solar system
Sun
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The sun is bigger than
everything In our solar
system put together.
The sun applies a pulling
force called gravity this
pulls on everything within
six thousand million
kilometres, if that is
written it would be
60,000,000,000km,
locking them in its orbit.
Venus
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Venus is the second planet
from the sun. Venus is named
after the roman god of love.
Although Venus is around the
same size and mass as the
earth, Venus' atmosphere is a
lot thicker than Earth’s this
traps in a lot of heat giving
Venus the hottest surface
temperature of all the planets.
Earth
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Our planet has an average
temperature of just 22°c.
This keeps our planet as the
only planet in our solar system
to be able to keep liquid water
on its surface.
Our planet orbits around the
Sun at around 30 kilometres
per second.
Earth also holds in its orbit 1
moon.
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Mars
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Mars is named after the
Roman goddess of war and
also known as the red
planet, it is red because the
dust on the surface has iron
oxide in it which is better
known as rust.
River beds and shorelines
are quite easy to point out
but probes and buggies have
found no signs of water.
Mars has 2 moons.
Asteroid belt
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Asteroids are left over pieces
of rock from the creation of
the planets.
A major impact of an asteroid
around 65 million years ago
hit the Earth and some
scientists believe this is the
cause of the extinction of the
dinosaurs.
Jupiter
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Jupiter is named after the
Roman king of the gods and
is the biggest planet in our
solar system and is a gas
giant.
Jupiter has around 67 moons
in its orbit.
Saturn
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Saturn in named after the
roman god of farming,
citizens and prosperity.
Saturn is another gas giant
and holds its famous gas
rings.
The planet is wider than it is
tall by 12,000 kilometres.
Saturn has around 63.
moons.
Uranus
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The planet is named after the
Greek ruler of the heavens
and is the father of Saturn.
Uranus’ axis is almost at a
right angle so it appears to
roll round the sun.
This planet is also a gas giant.
Uranus has around 27 moons.
Neptune
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Neptune is named after the
Roman god of the sea.
Neptune is a gas giant.
Galileo discovered Neptune on
December 28th 1612 and in
2011 Neptune will return to its
position where it was
discovered. That means it takes
399 years to orbit round the
sun.
Neptune has 13 moons.
Pluto
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Pluto, since august 2006 has
been classed as a dwarf
planet.
All information about Pluto is
based on observations as we
have not yet sent a probe to
visit it.
Pluto has an abnormal orbit
as for some of the Pluto year
it is closer than Neptune.
In 2113 Pluto will return to
its point at which it was
discovered.
Pluto has 13 moons.
Comets
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The most famous comet of all
is Halley's comet which
appears next in 2024.
Records date back to around
204bc and some cave
markings back to around
1060bc.
During the Norman conquest
of 1066 Halley’s comet is
depicted on the Bayeux
tapestry.
Moons
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Moons are sometimes known
as natural Satellite because
they are able to stay in an
orbit around a planet.
On earth the moon controls
the tides in the sea.
A moon is stuck in an orbit of
a planet and is orbiting the
planet as well as the sun.
Rockets
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In 1969 America put the first
man on the moon his name
was Neil Armstrong and his
crew of 2 buzz Aldrin and
Michael Collins, in Apollo 11.
Other Apollo missions where
not as successful as Apollo 11
for example Apollo 13 crashed
and all crew members were
killed.