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🪐 KNOW PRIMARY · AGES 6–11

PLANETS &
ASTRONOMY

🪐 From Tiny Rocks to Massive Giants — Our Solar System!

📖 8 Planets 🆓 FREE + PRO ⏱️ 5 min per comic 🧠 Quiz included
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THE SUN
Star center
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MERCURY
Tiny & hot
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VENUS
Hottest zone
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EARTH
Our planet
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BEYOND
Mars & farther
♀️ VENUS: HOTTEST PLANET
TOPIC 04 · PLANETS & ASTRONOMY · THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM · 225 EARTH DAYS
PAGE 1 OF 5 — VENUS POSITION AND SIZE
POSITION
Venus: the second planet from the Sun with a thick yellowish atmosphere orbiting closer than Earth
SECOND FROM THE SUN
Venus orbits closer to the Sun than Earth does! It spins backwards compared to most planets — a retrograde rotation that makes it extra special. Almost as big as Earth, but hotter than Mercury!
BURNING!
SIZE
Venus and Earth size comparison: Venus is about 95% the size of Earth with similar gravity
🌍 About 95% Earth's size
⚖️ Similar gravity pull
DISTANCE
Venus orbit: 108 million km from the Sun, completing one orbit every 225 Earth days
📍 108 million km from Sun
🔁 225 Earth days to orbit
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