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There are eight planets in the solar system. We revolve around the Sun. Join us to learn about the different planets. Now sing along and have some fun. My name is Mercury. I'm the second hottest planet, the closest one to the Sun. A year on my surface is 88 days. I'm the smallest, but I'm lots of fun. My name is Venus. I'm the hottest planet, but the second planet from the Sun. I'm the brightest planet in our solar system, and I'm too hot for anyone. My name is Earth.
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I'm the planet you live on, the third planet from the Sun. I'm the only planet with organic life, so take care of me, because we're all one. My name is Mars. I am red in color. I'm the fourth planet from the Sun. I have the highest mountain in our solar system, a volcano named Olympus Mons. There are eight planets in the solar system. We revolve around the Sun. Join us to learn about the different planets. Now sing along and have some fun. My name is Jupiter. I am covered in clouds.
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I'm the fifth planet from the Sun. My giant red spot is a raging storm. As for size, I'm the biggest one. My name is Saturn. I am brown in color. I'm the sixth planet from the Sun. My outer rings are extremely thin. They're made of dust and icy chunks. My name's Uranus. I am blue color. I'm the seventh planet from the Sun. Humans have named me the icy planet because I am the coldest one. My name is Neptune. I am blue in color. I'm the eighth planet from the Sun.
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I have too many storms in my atmosphere, and I'm the furthest planet from the Sun. There are eight planets in the solar system. We revolve around the Sun. Join us to learn about the different planets. Now sing along and have some fun.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] I'm a star called the Sun. I'm the center of our solar system. You revolve around me as we fly around the galaxy.
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All of the planets in our solar system, they orbit, well, they follow me. 230 million years is the time I take to fly around the Milky Way galaxy. I don't have a solid surface. I'm made up of gases held together by my own gravity. I'm made of 92.1% hydrogen, H2, and 7.8% helium, HE. I'm a star called the Sun. I'm the center of our solar system. You revolve around me as we fly around the galaxy.
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My core is 25% of my total mass and 27 million degrees. My energy is the reason there is life on Earth. There'll be no charge, because I'm totally free. My mass makes up 99.8% of our solar system. Nothing in our system's hot as me. I'm a star called the Sun. I'm the center of our solar system. You revolve around me as we fly around the galaxy.
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Let's fly, let's fly. Let's fly, let's fly. Let's fly, let's fly. Let's fly, let's fly. Let's fly, let's fly. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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I am the first planet from our Sun, you see. My name is Mercury. Nothing orbits faster than me. The smallest planet with the second hottest degree. My name is Mercury. No one is smaller than me. Messenger of the gods is what Mercury means. The Romans gave me my name, because I'm the fastest they'd seen. A bit bigger I'd be than the Earth's moon that you see. To fill the Earth one time, it would take 18 of me. I am the first planet from our Sun that beams, but I'm the second hottest.
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I can reach 800 degrees. 88 Earth days is the amount that I take to orbit our Sun once. That makes one year on me. I am the first planet from our Sun, you see. My name is Mercury. Nothing orbits faster than me. The smallest planet with the second hottest degree. My name is Mercury. No one is smaller than me. 59 Earth days equals one day on me. My surface is made of stone, covered in craters, you see. Oxygen, sodium, hydrogen, helium, and potassium make up my exosphere.
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I have no moons, and I have no rings, but I'm the second densest planet, amongst other things. I am the first planet from our Sun, you see. My name is Mercury. Nothing orbits faster than me. The smallest planet with the second hottest degree. My name is Mercury. No one is smaller than me. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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I am Venus. I'm the second planet from the Sun, and the slowest rotating one of all the planets in our solar system. Now learn and have some fun. 243 Earth days is how long it takes for me to orbit the Sun. That makes just one of my days. I'm 900 degrees. Yeah, that's Fahrenheit. I'm the hottest planet in the solar system, that's right. The sun sets in my east and comes up in my west. Due to retrograde rotation, I spin backwards the best. I'm the third brightest object to the naked eye
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from the planet of Earth when you look up in the sky. I am Venus. I'm the second planet from the Sun, and I'm the slowest rotating one of all the planets in our solar system. Now learn and have some fun. Carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid clouds is what makes up my atmosphere, and for this, I am very proud. Volcanoes, mountains, craters, and some big lava planes are what make up my bumpy surface, and my clouds make no rain. I was named Venus, after the goddess of love.
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The Romans gave me my name due to my brightness above. I am Venus. I'm the second planet from the Sun, and I'm the slowest rotating one of all the planets in our solar system. Now learn and have some fun. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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I am the Earth, the only planet with organic life. With 8.7 million species, we all fight to survive. You all live on me, so work like bees in a hive and keep this planet really healthy so that we can all thrive. My atmosphere is 78% nitrogen. Another 21% of it is oxygen and other small percentages of other elements. Without my atmosphere around, you would be frozen. I take 365 Earth days to orbit the Sun. 24 hours makes one day. That's just one time that I'm spun. You won't fly off into space.
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Gravity's pulling you down as fast as 9.8 meters a second towards the ground. I am the Earth, the only planet with organic life. With 8.7 million species, we all fight to survive. You all live on me, so work like bees in a hive and keep this planet really healthy so that we can all thrive. There are 12 different types of climates that exist on me. Moderate, polar, dry, and tropical are four groups, you see. Then there is continental. It is the fifth category.
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One climate in no group is highland, way above the sea. I'm the third planet from the Sun. No one is denser me. My axis tilted 23.5, yeah, that's my degree. 4.5 billion years ago was when I was born, you see. I am the Earth, the only planet with organic life. With 8.7 million species, we all fight to survive. You all live on me so work like bees in a hive and keep this planet really healthy so that we can all thrive. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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Let's visit the planet of Mars. There's so much to learn on the planet of Mars. The red planet in a billion stars. Come and sing along about the planet of Mars. I'm the fourth planet from our burning Sun and the second smallest planet in our solar system. I have the tallest mountain named Olympus Mons. It's the biggest volcano in our whole system. Phobos and Deimos are my two moons. Phobos is larger of the orbiting two. It circles me three times a day, and that's true,
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but it takes 30 hours for Deimos to loop. Let's visit the planet of Mars. There's so much to learn on the planet of Mars. The red planet in a billion stars. Come and sing along about the planet of Mars. I'm 142 million miles away from the Sun and its heat, and that's why I'm chilly. When you're on my surface, then you'll probably freeze. I am a cold negative 81 degrees. 24 hours and 37 minutes long is a full day on Mars, so you've learned in this song. 687 is the amount of days it takes
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to orbit the Sun for my year to take place. Let's visit the planet of Mars. There's so much to learn on the planet of Mars. The red planet in a billion stars. Come and sing along about the planet of Mars. Let's visit the planet of Mars. There's so much to learn on the planet of Mars. The red planet in a billion stars. Come and sing along about the planet of Mars. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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I am Ceres, the smallest dwarf planet, the closest dwarf to the Sun, the star that we orbit. Yeah, I am Ceres. I'm in the asteroid belt. Between Jupiter and Mars is where my presence is felt. I was spotted for the first time in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, the Sicilian. I was named after the goddess of agriculture. The Romans gave me my name in their time and culture. I am the smallest planet in our solar system. It takes 4.6 years for me to go around our Sun. I am Ceres, the smallest dwarf planet,
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the closest dwarf to the Sun, the star that we orbit. Yeah, I am Ceres. I'm in the asteroid belt. Between Jupiter and Mars is where my presence is felt. NASA's exploring me with a space probe named Don and found a crater named Occator that had bright spots on. Nobody really knows why those sports are there, what they're from, but with all these scientists, I'm sure the answer will come. Then, 2006, my status changed to a dwarf. Before that, I was a planet and I was an asteroid.
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I am Ceres, the smallest dwarf planet, the closest dwarf to the Sun, the star that we orbit. Yeah, I am Ceres. I'm in the asteroid belt. Between Jupiter and Mars is where my presence is felt. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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My name is Jupiter, the biggest planet, you see. No planet in our solar system is bigger than me. My name is Jupiter. A windy planet I be, and I have 62 moons that rotate around me so free. The Romans gave me my name after their king of the gods, because my size is so massive in the sea of the stars. Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, and Io are my four biggest moons found by Galileo. I'm the fastest spinning planet in our solar system. 10 hours equals one day. My days are short as they come.
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It takes 12 Earth years for me to orbit the Sun. That makes one year on my surface. That's a really long run. My name is Jupiter, the biggest planet you see. No planet in our solar system is bigger than me. My name is Jupiter. A windy planet I be, and I have 62 moons that rotate round me so free. 89,000 miles is the amount that I'm wide. I'm so big you could fit 1,000 Earths inside. I've got a giant red spot. It is a raging storm. Scientists think 400 years ago is when it took form.
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Hydrogen and helium make up most of my atmosphere. I am a gas giant and an impressive sphere. 3.13 is the amount of degrees that I tilt on my axis. Let's sing the chorus, please. My name is Jupiter, the biggest planet, you see. No planet in our solar system is bigger than me. My name is Jupiter. A windy planet I be, and I have 62 moons that rotate round me so free. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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I am Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun. I'm known for my rings by everyone. I'm the second largest planet in our solar system. Please come sing along until my teachings are done. Out of my 62 moons, 53 are named. I am a gas giant all astronomers claim. 36,184 is my radius in miles for you to explore. 10.44 meters, that's per second you drop. That's my gravity pulling towards my surface top. 10 hours and 39 minutes long is a day on my surface. Let's sing this song.
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I am Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun. I'm known for my rings by everyone. I'm the second largest planet in our solar system. Please come sing along until my teachings are done. It takes 29 years for me to orbit the Sun, and my rings are made up of rock and icy chunks. 886 million miles away is my distance from the sun. That is why I'm chilly. Hydrogen and helium are what I'm mostly made of in my atmosphere from the surface above. 26.7 is the amount of degrees I spin on my axis.
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I'm so cold that you freeze. I am Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun. I'm known for my rings by everyone. I'm the second largest planet in our solar system. Please come sing along until my teachings are done. I am Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun. I'm known for my rings by everyone. I'm the second largest planet in our solar system. Please come sing along until my teachings are done. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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[MUSIC PLAYING] I am Uranus, and I have 13 rings now. Come sing along and learn about me. Oh, I am Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun. About 17 hours is just one day on me. I have 27 moons named after Shakespeare characters, and I have 13 rings that you can clearly see. About 84 Earth years makes just one Uranian year, and my seasons last about 20 years each. Negative 350 is my average degree, and William Herschel did discover me. I am Uranus, and I have 13 rings now.
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Come sing along and learn about me. 2.9 billion miles is my distance from our Sun, and I am an icy giant. It's so cold on me. My atmosphere is mostly made up of the following three-- hydrogen, methane, and helium, HE. The tilt of my axis is at 98 degrees. It's one of the steepest tilts in our galaxy. Most of my mass is made up of the following three-- water, methane, and ammonia, and H3. I am Uranus, and I have 13 rings now. Come sing along and learn about me. I'd like to thank you for learning
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about the planets on this page. Go subscribe to us, please, no matter what your age. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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My name is Neptune, the eighth planet from our burning Sun. I've got six rings made of dust and some rocky chunks. I got my name from the Romans. It means God of the sea. My upper atmosphere has methane. That's why I have blue on me. Hydrogen and helium are the rest of my atmosphere. I have 13 moons with one still waiting to confirm it's here. Minus 392 degrees, an average day on me, and my winds are the strongest than any planet in our system, see.
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My name is Neptune, the eighth planet from our burning Sun. I've got six rings made of dust and some rocky chunks. About 165 Earth years makes one Neptunian year. 57.7 Earths could fit in my giant sphere. 2.8 billion miles is my distance from our Sun. One day on me is about 16 Earth hours of cold fun. No life as we know it could survive on me. I'm the fourth largest player in our system. You'd have to agree. My name is Neptune, the eighth planet from our burning Sun.
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I've got six rings made of dust and some rocky chunks. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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My name is Pluto, an ex-planet of the solar system. I've been demoted to dwarf planet status, so please listen. I used to be the ninth planet in our solar system but didn't meet the three criteria the IAU had written. One, a planet must be in orbit around our Sun. Two, has the mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium. Three, it has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. And that is the reason that I am now a dwarf planet, son. My name is Pluto, an ex-planet of the solar system.
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I've been demoted to dwarf planet status so please listen. I was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. He worked as an astronomer from Lowell Observatory in Arizona. I was named Pluto by an 11-year-old girl named Venetia Burney. Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld. Astronomers recently found I'm the biggest dwarf planet around. 736.3 is my radius, and I'm brown. My name is Pluto, an ex-planet of the solar system. I've been demoted to dwarf planet status, so please listen.
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Maybe the IAU will reverse my status to a planet, but for now, I'm happy being a dwarf planet, so there you have it. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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My name's Haumea. I am the third dwarf from the Sun. I am oval in shape due to the fast rotations I'm spun. My name's Haumea. There is debate on who discovered me. It was either Caltech or a Spanish observatory. My first nickname was Santa before the IAU named me. In 2008, they changed me to dwarf status officially. Yeah, I am oval. It's because I rotate at a high speed. One of our system's fastest rotating large objects, I be. My name, Haumea, comes from the Hawaiian culture, you see.
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It means goddess of childbirth and fertility. My name's Haumea. I am the third dwarf from the Sun. I am oval in shape due to the fast rotations I'm spun. I have two moons, Hi'iaka and Namaka, orbiting me. Namaka is the smaller. Hi'iaka is large and icy. 3.9 hours makes just one day on my rocky surface. I take 285 Earth years to make one orbit. My surface is believed to have a thin but icy coating. Yeah, I'm unique to other dwarf planets, I am gloating. I'm Haumea.
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I am the third dwarf from the Sun. I am oval in shape due to the fast rotations I'm spun. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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[MUSIC PLAYING] I'm Makemake. I was named by the human race. I'm the third largest dwarf planet in outer space, and my color is red and I have no atmosphere. Have you noticed my shape? I am a perfect sphere. On March 31st in 2005 is when the Palomar Observatory brought me to life. Easter Bunny was my name when they discovered me. 2008, the IAU confirmed me officially. They also gave me the name that remains, Makemake, which was a Rapa Nui god of fertility.
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I have no natural satellites that orbit around me. Negative 239 is my average degree. I'm Makemake. I was named by the human race. I'm the third largest dwarf planet in outer space, and my color is red and I have no atmosphere. Have you noticed my shape? I am a perfect sphere. Molecules named Tholins are thought to exist on me. They're formed when ultraviolet light interacts with ethane, you see. These molecules make me the reddish-brown color I be.
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No space probes have visited me, no missions have been deployed. I orbit outside of Neptune, which means that I'm a Plutoid. I'm found inside the Kuiper belt with comets and the asteroids. I'm Makemake. I was named by the human race. I'm the third largest dwarf planet in outer space, and my color is red and I have no atmosphere. Have you noticed my shape? I am a perfect sphere. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Eris. I am a dwarf planet. The furthest dwarf from the sun the humans found yet. On January 5th in 2005, the Caltech Observatory had brought me to life. A team led by astronomer Michael Brown, the biggest dwarf in mass is what they had found. They believe my surface is covered in nitrogen ice, but you'd have to visit me to make sure that's precise. In 2006, the IAU named me and gave me dwarf status, yeah, officially. My name is Eris. I am a dwarf planet.
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The furthest dwarf from the Sun the humans found yet. Minus 390 is my average degree. If you made it to my surface, then you'd probably freeze. Dysnomia's my one natural satellite, see? It means lawlessness, and it is always orbiting me. I'm 27% more massive than your Pluto. Yeah, Pluto is slightly larger than I am, you know. I take 557 Earth years to orbit the Sun. When I orbit, I leave the Kuiper belt on my run. My name is Eris. I am a dwarf planet, the furthest dwarf from the Sun
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the humans found yet. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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[MUSIC PLAYING] There are eight planets in our solar system. Wait wait wait wait. You guys had your chance in the spotlight. It's time to talk about the dwarf planets in our solar system. Hit it, guys. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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There are five dwarf planets in our solar system, and we revolve around the Sun. Four of us live in the Kuiper belt. As far as planets, we're the smallest ones. My name is Ceres, and I am a dwarf planet. I'm the closest dwarf to the Sun. There's mysterious white spots on my rocky surface, and I am the smallest one. My name is Pluto. I'm a dwarf planet and was the ninth planet from the Sun. I am one-third water in the form of ice and have five moons that are lots of fun. My name's Haumea.
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I am oval in shape due to the fast rotations that I make. I take 285 years to orbit the Sun because I am so far away. There are five dwarf planets in our solar system, and we revolve around the Sun. Four of us live in the Kuiper belt. As far as planets, we're the smallest ones. I'm Makemake. I have no atmosphere. I was discovered in 2005. I am one of the reasons Pluto lost his status, so naturally, we do not jive. My name is Eris. I'm more massive than Pluto. I am big, but I'm lots of fun.
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557 is the amount of years it takes me to revolve around the Sun. There are five dwarf planets in our solar system, and we revolve around the Sun. Four of us live in the Kuiper belt. As far as planets, we're the smallest ones.
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I'm the Moon, Earth's natural satellite. I rotate the same speed as the Earth, and I'm a natural source of light. I'm the Moon. My appearance is gray and white. You only see one-half of my surface whether it's day or night. It's believe I was created 4.5 billion years ago. When a Mars-sized body collided with Earth, their debris formed me real slow. Meteors, asteroids, and comets struck my surface for a billion years due to the fact that they don't burn up in my thin atmosphere.
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If you wonder what a moon is, it's a natural satellite, one that orbits a single planet. The planet orbits a star so bright. Scientific observations were first made in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, the astronomer Italian. I'm the Moon, Earth's natural satellite. I rotate the same speed as the Earth, and I'm a natural source of light. I'm the Moon. My appearance is gray and white. You only see one-half of my surface, whether it's day or night. When the Earth spins on its axis,
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ocean levels stay the same. Then the Moon's gravitational pull creates the tides that we see change. 238,900 miles from the Earth is the distance measured when the first spaceship landed on my turf. The reason you see one-half of my surface all the time is because my rotation's the same speed as the Earth taught in this rhyme. It takes 27 Earth days for me to rotate once around. There is no air on my surface so you won't hear any sound. I'm the Moon, Earth's natural satellite.
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I rotate the same speed as the Earth, and I'm a natural source of light. I'm the Moon. My appearance is gray and white. You only see one-half of my surface, whether it's day or night. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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[MUSIC PLAYING] There are four seasons on the Earth. Here is how they work. Come and sing along. Winter, spring, summer, and fall, learn about them all in this catchy song. I'm the Earth. I spin on my axis one complete time in 24 hours. That's one full day of the year. I am tilted at a degree between 22.1 and 24.5 within 40,000 years. 365 is the amount of days I take to orbit the Sun only one time, which makes one full Earth year. There are four seasons on the Earth. Here is how they work.
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Come and sing along. Winter, spring, summer, and fall, learn about them all in this catchy song. When I'm tilted towards the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere is deep in summer, while the Southern hemisphere, winter is on. When I'm quarter way around, the north feels fall, while the south is thawing and their spring is in full swing. When I'm halfway around and the north feels winter while the Southern Hemisphere feels summer's heat. Three-quarters around and now the north
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feels spring while the south feels fall. And that's how the seasons change. There are four seasons on the Earth. Here is how they work. Come and sing along. Winter, spring, summer, and fall, learn about them all in this catchy song.
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