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distance from the sun is 227.9 million km. It has 2 moons and recently

frozen water has been discovered under the surface of the planet.

Asteroid Belt - The asteroid belt is a region of space

between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most of the
asteroids in our Solar System are found orbiting the Sun.
The asteroid belt probably contains millions of asteroids.

Jupiter - Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the
largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass
one-thousandth that of the Sun. Jupiter Is the Fastest

Spinning Planet in The Solar System. Jupiter Has 67
Moons and is 778.5 million km from the sun. The Great
Red Spot is a raging storm on the planet.

Saturn - Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and
the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It

is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times
that of Earth. Saturn is the least dense planet in the
Solar System. Saturn has 62 moons and is 1.434 billion

km from the sun. Saturn is over 95 times more massive than Earth.

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