Solar System [ordering pictures in a grid] [flip box] [planets]

Earth, is the third planet from the Sun.
Name originates from "Die Erde," the German word for "the ground."
Diameter: 7,926 miles (12,760 km)
Orbit: 365.24 days Day: 23 hours, 56 minutes

The sixth planet from the Sun.
Saturn is known most for its rings.
Discovery: Known to the ancient Greeks and visible to the naked eye.
Named for Roman god of agriculture.
Diameter: 74,900 miles (120,500 km).
Orbit: 29.5 Earth years.
Day: About 10.5 Earth hours.

The fifth planet from the Sun.
Jupiter is a giant gas world that is twice the size of all the other planets combined.
Discovery: Known to the ancient Greeks and visible to the naked eye.
Named for the ruler of the Roman gods.
Diameter: 86,881 miles (139,822 km).
Orbit: 11.9 Earth years.
Day: 9.8 Earth hours.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
Mercury is also the smallest.
Discovery: Known to the ancient Greeks and visible to the naked eye.
Named for the messenger of the Roman gods.
Diameter: 3,031 miles (4,878 km).
Orbit: 88 Earth days.
Day: 58.6 Earth days.

The eighth planet from the Sun.
Neptune is about 17 times the size of Earth.
Neptune is about the size of Uranus.
Discovery: 1846.
Named for the Roman god of water.
Diameter: 30,775 miles (49,530 km).
Orbit: 165 Earth years.
Day: 19 Earth hours.

Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun.
Discovery: Known to the ancient Greeks and visible to the naked eye.
Named for the Roman god of war.
Diameter: 4,217 miles (6,787 km).
Orbit: 687 Earth days.
Day: Just more than one Earth day (24 hours, 37 minutes).

The second planet from the Sun.
Venus is Earth's twin in size.
Discovery: Known to the ancient Greeks and visible to the naked eye.
Named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
Diameter: 7,521 miles (12,104 km).
Orbit: 225 Earth days.
Day: 241 Earth days.

Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun.
Its equator is nearly at right angles to its orbit.
Discovery: 1781 by William Herschel (was originally thought to be a star).
Diameter: 31,763 miles (51,120 km).
Orbit: 84 Earth years.
Day: 18 Earth hours.

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Read the information given on the reverse side of the flip boxes. Look at each of the pictures. Drag each of the pictures from the pile below th flip boxes and drop them under the correct heading in order from the Sun. You can re-arrange the order of the pictures at any time.