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hi there i'm paxy and i come from a far
away planet
i came to earth to meet you and tell you
about my space adventures
are you ready to explore your solar
system
oh i love looking at stars no wonder so
many of you enjoy it but wouldn't it be
better to look at things from space
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come on let's go
this is your planet earth
can you see half of it is bright while
half is dark
the earth is spinning
the half of the earth that is facing the
sun is lit up so you have daytime there
whilst the half facing away from the sun
is dark so you are in night time
it takes 24 hours for the earth to make
a full spin a whole day
look there's the moon looping around or
as we say orbiting around the earth
did you know that the earth orbits
around the sun while it spins
the earth and the moon always stay
together
it takes one year for the earth to make
a full loop
let's first go closer to the sun but not
too close i don't want to burn my
antennae again
for you
the sun is our star
it is very hot and it gives us light and
warmth
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earth is not alone
it is just one of eight planets that
orbit the sun
let's have a look at them
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the four small rocky planets closest to
the sun
are mercury
venus
earth and mars
mercury is very close to the sun and it
is the smallest planet of the solar
system
venus is very hot it has a thick and
dense air poisonous to humans
i better keep my helmet tight since this
air is poisonous for me too
we've already seen earth your home
planet
it is very special you know
it is the only planet in the solar
system covered with liquid water rivers
lakes and oceans
i'm the only one to host life as we know
it
mars is covered in rusty dust
giving it a ready orange color that's
why people call it the red planet
maybe there was water here too a long
time ago
look over there after mars there are
lots of smaller bits of rock
these are called asteroids and there are
millions of them
they form the asteroid belt and they
orbit the sun too
further away from the sun there are four
truly huge planets
much much bigger than the earth
there are jupiter and saturn the gas
giant and uranus and neptune the icy
giants
here comes jupiter the biggest plan is
in your solar system it is so nice with
its colorful stripes of gas isn't it
the great red spot you see is a swirling
storm that could fit two earths inside
it
do you know that many planets have their
own moons just like the earth well
jupiter has more than 60 of them
and look at saturn with their
spectacular rings
they're made of billions of tiny pieces
of ice rocks and dust
uranus and then neptune are really cold
and stormy
so i wouldn't like to go there on my
holiday
now we have seen all of the planets in
your solar system and some asteroids
what shall we do next are you curious to
see more
then let's travel even further away from
the sun
it's really cold and dark out here
hey that's bluetooth a dwarf planet
wow what are those dark objects they
look like giant dirty snowballs
wait one of them is coming towards us
now i see
this is a comet
it is made from rock and ice it
resembles the asteroids we saw before
but let me tell you it is very different
this one is heading in towards the sun
next time we'll follow on together to
see what happens
so that's the solar system
one star the sun
eight planets
over a hundred moons
and millions of asteroids and comets
what an exciting place
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you