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Show 2 THE BORN EDSER j By ART SANSOM i i rr WOW Be SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1953 What Are Sizes of fhe Planets? f 71 .W mi.rs. whu-is shout a., the earth. Its t.ne times t;ia: ot tne ea: in aine'.er is 7.w'0 nules. w! tiling ahout Samm !S our tliat of the earth is 7.913 miles. at. B tne wav. an odd fact about the flat rings that c.:re lo "Tell Me Wh)'." tare of this Venus is that it rotates back jTho-.r.p.jjs are lii.rjo c,;. of tiny partic.es billions to east from uur include uu that is, mut varus, papr. the next planet l.'ranus, our of In next The Code. is case planet duplicate west. Zip much larger than the earn earth, and then comes Mars. 29. ton nines. the winner. Today's winner is: Mars shines in the sky with has a diameter of over on its side tilted is Uranus Charles Vidal. Jr., 8, Kt Pom), a reddish color It has a diam Texas eter of 4,200 miles, a little more Its axis is tilted over at an th than half of that of the earth. ancle of 98 decrees ithe c- A planet is erv different from Mars ha interested scientists tilts at an angle of a star. A star .s a hiiije ball of more than nunst planets oe- - trees) Nentune. tne next piaiihot eases that civer off hea cau.se it has niarkm 's on it tha et U 28.1XX1 miles in (l:aineter and icht. A plant't ic a much look like channels or canals. It And finally, the last kih.ut. smaller body tliat slimes by re- seems tt? most likely plant planet, Pluto, is beiuned to flected light. The planets we other than ours to have life on have a diann'ter of about 3. Mi know all travel around the sun it, perhaps s,me kind of plant miles, It is so far from the sun In fixed paths called orbits life. But whether it has or no! that the sun appears to it as So let's start with the plan- is still unknown. jonlv a bright star in the sky. et nearest to the sun and move Jupiter, the next planet, is far FUN TIME outward. The first one is Mer- away from the sun. It takes The Riddle Box cury. It is a small, rocky world. about 11.9 years to complete one Mercury's diameter is 2,900 orbit. Jupiter is the largest of 1. What is boiled, then cooled, about the widih of the the planets. It has a diameter sweetened, and then soured'.' 2. miles Atlantic Ocean. So it's only a of 86,800 miles, nearly 11 times Who is the king of all jokers? Answers fraction of the earth's size. the diameter of the earth. 1. Iced tea. 2. Pop corn. Hie next planet we meet is Saturn, the next planet, is an Venus. It is very nearly 'iie other giant. It has a diameter By A. The New WLu l.HklM Btk of al " ( TILL If ME IF GETTING CLCSE 1 S ' v , " n ",N I I i VER rrrZv l$PJFulffr I C7 feWl J '! !? 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