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The Solar System
Our planet, Earth, is part of the SOLAR SYSTEM.
The Solar System contains the Sun and 9 planets.
Several of the planets have moons.
The planets are in orbit around the sun.
This means that they travel in a curved path around the sun
The curved path taken by a planet as it moves is called its orbit
The blue line shows the orbit of the moon around the Earth
The red line shows the orbit of the Earth as it travels around the Sun
The Earth takes 365 days to travel around the Sun (1 year)
The Moon takes 28 days to travel around the Earth (1 lunar month)
