2. What is a solar system? Agroup of heavenly bodies consisting of a star and the planets and other objects orbiting around it. http://tiny.cc/ARaTB
3. Names of Planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
4. What are they made of? Rock Mercury Venus Earth Gas Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Sun http://tiny.cc/9HQjM
5. Sun Core of our solar system Everything orbits around the Sun. Temperature: 6,000°C (11,000°F) Age: 4.5 billion years 93 miles away from Earth http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm
7. Facts All planets orbit around the sun. The Solar System is made up of two parts: Inner solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars Outer solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Separated by the Asteroid Belt http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm
8. Asteroid Belt Chunks of rock or metal that orbit around the Sun Located between Mars and Jupiter The largest asteroid is called Ceres which is 914 km (approximately 568 miles) across. http://kids.nineplanets.org/asteroid.htm
