Solar System [reading and understanding information] [diameter of planets]

• Venus is the second planet out from the Sun.
  Venus is Earth's twin in size.
  Visible to the naked eye
  Named after Roman goddess of love and beauty
  Diameter: 12,104 km.
  Orbit: 225 Earth days.
  Day: 241 Earth days.
  

• Saturn is the sixth planet out from the Sun.
  Saturn is known most for its rings.
  Visible to the naked eye.
  Named after the Roman god of agriculture.
  Diameter: 120,500 km.
  Orbit: 29.5 Earth years.
  Day: 10.5 Earth hours.
  

• Mars is the fourth planet out from the Sun.
  Visible to the naked eye.
  Named after the Roman god of war.
  Diameter: 6,787 km.
  Orbit: 687 Earth days.
  Day: 24 hours, 37 minutes.
  

• Mercury is closest to the Sun.
  Mercury is also the smallest.
  Visible to the naked eye.
  Named after the messenger of the Roman gods.
  Diameter: 4,878 km.
  Orbit: 88 Earth days.
  Day: 58.6 Earth days.
  

• Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the Sun.
  Jupiter is a gas giant the biggest planet in our solar system.
  Visible to the naked eye.
  Named after the ruler of the Roman gods.
  Diameter: 139,822 km.
  Orbit: 11.9 Earth years.
  Day: 9.8 Earth hours.
  

• Earth is the third planet out from the Sun.
  Name comes from "Die Erde," the German word for "the ground."
  Diameter: 12,760 km.
  Orbit: 365.24 days.
  Day: 23 hours, 56 minutes.
  

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