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Hi! I'm Michael.   I am seven years old, 

and I like to do things that not other 

monkeys like to do.   I have been 

learning so much about outer space 

that I decided to take a trip myself.   I 

wanted to explore the planets and see 

the stars that I have learned so much 

about.   I know there are so many!   I 

can't wait!

We made it to our first stop!   We are 

on the moon.   Did you know that 

the moon does not have its own 

light?   I know!   It's crazy.   The 

moon's "light" is just a reflection 

from the sun. Want to know another 

weird fact about the moon?   There 

is no weather here! There are also 

craters on the moon that we can 

see from Earth. Let's head to the 

sun!

Now here is the sun!   But I cannot get on 

the sun, because it is just a giant ball of 

gases.   It is a star.   It gives life to Earth 

because without sun, we would not have 

plants.   The sun also gives us light and 

heat on Earth.   We have to be careful, 

though, because the sun can damage our 

skin because of the ultraviolet rays it 

emits.   I wonder what would happen if 

we split the sun into halves, or even 

quarters? Let's try it!

1. Draw a circle on your paper.   Draw a 

line to split the sun in half and label the 

halves.

2. Draw another circle on your paper.  

Split the sun in quarters and label them.

I am sitting on Mars! Mars' surface looks a little 

red because of the iron oxide that is on it's 

surface.   Look at all of these stars!   It is amazing 

that there are so many stars in our solar system.  

There are so many stars, I want to try to count 

them, but it would take forever.   We should try to 

solve some problems to figure out how many 

stars I have seen so far!  

Jupiter makes me look so small!  

It is the largest planet in our solar 

system. It has a mass that is over 

300 times the mass of the earth.  

Jupiter's orbit around the sun is 

also much larger than the Earth's 

orbit around the sun.

Saturn also makes me look really small.   Saturn is the 

farthest planet from Earth that can be seen without a 

telescope.   You can only see the rings when you are 

using a telescope, though.   You know what else is 

crazy?   Saturn has 18 moons!   How many more 

moons does Saturn have than Earth?

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