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Chapter 2:
Chapter 2:
THE UNIVERSE
THE UNIVERSE

I n this chapter, we will dwell on the planets
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and other bodies in the universe. The Sun,

Moon and Earth are among the ones we are

most familiar with. There are, however, other

celestial bodies in the universe you are not able to see.
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Think about cartoon films or movies about space!
The space above the clouds is full of stars, planets and

meteorites that you have seen in these films. Each one

of these is called a celestial body. Billions of these

celestial bodies come together to form the giant col-

lection of star systems we call galaxies. All celestial

objects are enormous. For instance, our planet Earth is

really quite small in comparison with the other celes-

tial bodies. Despite this, it is big enough to hold

human beings, animals, mountains, oceans and
everything else you can think of.

Now let us proceed to the giant collection of star