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- 2. the third planet from the sun, the only planet on which life is known to exist. We live here.
- 5. the fourth planet from the sun. Befitting the Red Planet's bloody color, the Romans named it after their god of war.
- 6. the largest planet in the solar system.
- 7. the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system
- 8. the second planet from the sun, is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty and is the only planet named after a female.
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- 1. It is the smallest of the eight planets. It is also the closest to the sun.
- 3. the seventh planet from the Sun. Its name is a reference to the Greek god of the sky
- 4. the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun.
- 5. the natural satellite of the earth, visible (chiefly at night) by reflected light from the sun
- 7. the star around which the earth orbits
