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Apps Our Solar System! Articulation Station Kids Preschool Puzzle Lite FREE – iPhone, iPad FREE – Android Vocabulary and Grammar FREE – iPhone, iPad Kids Math Count Numbers Game FREE – Android Kids Numbers and Math Lite FREE – Android Sharing with Duckie Deck FREE- iPhone, iPad £1.49 – iPhone, iPad Starfall Learn To Read Memollow – Memory Game on Pillows for Kids FREE – iPad Dr Seuss's ABC £2.49 – iPhone, iPad Leo's Pad: Preschool Kids Learning Series FREE -iPad Abc PocketPhonics £1.99 - iPhone, iPad Monkey Preschool Lunchbox £1.49- iPhone, iPad Kids Math FREE – Android 6 | SPARK Length of A Day – This describes how long it takes the planet to rotate once. Radius – This is the distance from the core of the planet to its surface. Facts: ÌÌ Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth ÌÌ The temperature inside the Sun can reach 15 million degrees Celsius! Mercury Sight Words List - Learn to Read Flash Cards & Games £1.99 – iPhone, iPad The Sun, or Sol, is the star at the centre of our Solar System. Age: 4.6 Billion Years Old Type of Star: Yellow Dwarf Surface Temperature: 5500 C Length of A Year – This describes how long it takes the planet to complete its journey around the Sun. ÌÌ The Sun is an almost perfect sphere Reading Raven HD £2.49 – iPad The Sun Helpful Info! Distance From Sun: 57,910,000 km Length of a Year: 88 Earth days Length of a Day: 58 Earth days, 15 hours and 30 minutes Size:  2,440 km Radius Facts: ÌÌ Mercury is a rocky planet with an iron core. ÌÌ The surface of Mercury is covered with craters and completely dry.  There is no possibility of life on Mercury. Venus Distance From Sun: 108,200,000 km Length of a Year: 262 Earth days Length of a Day: 116 Earth days and 18 hours Size:  6,052 km Radius Facts: ÌÌ Venus is the brightest planet in the Solar System and can be seen even in daylight if you know where to look. ÌÌ Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System, even hotter than Mercury, which is closer to the Sun.  The temperature on the surface of Venus is about 460°C.  Compare this to a warm summer’s day in London, when the temperature might be 26°C. 7 | SPARK