Fast Facts!
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All of the outer planets, (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) except for Pluto have rings.
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One nickname for a comet is a "dirty snowball."
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The surface of Mars looks somewhat like a desert on Earth.
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It takes Mercury 88 days to orbit the sun.
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A day on Mars is very much like one on Earth: It takes Mars about 24 hours and 37 minutes to rotate.
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Jupiter has 16 moons.
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Saturn's rings are made of ice, dust, and rocks.
- Miranda, (Uranus' smallest moon) is thought to have broken up and pieced itself back together again.
- Pluto has an egg-like orbit.
- Outside of Pluto's orbit is another string of asteroids. It is called the Kuiper Belt.