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= THE SOLAR SYSTEM   =

** * Welcome to our site "The Solar System" A quick quiz: What is the Solar System? **
 * Answer: The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field.**

===The orbits are not round. They are elliptical ( E-lip-tih-cul). Elliptical means egg-shaped. The first four planets are called the inner planets. They are closest to the sun. Their names are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. These planets are made mostly of rock. The next five planets are called the outer planets. Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptun===

Thanksalled gas giants because they are made mostly of gases. The last planet is called Pluto. It is coated with ice.
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