Visit the NASA websites listed below and discover the names of the nine planets. Write them in the numbered boxes on your paper. The planet that is closest to the sun will be number 1, the second closest will be number 2. Follow this pattern and write the name of a planet in each box. This time you will list the planets in the order of their sizes.
Some planets are much larger than others.
The diameter is the distance through the center from one side to the other. 12,756 km Look carefully at the numbers. On the back of your paper number from 1 to 9. Write the names of the planets beside the numbers. Write the smallest planet beside number 1, the next in size beside number 2.