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we're going to take you on a journey
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through the solar system
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which comprises the Sun
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eight planets
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173 known moons five dwarf planets and
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many other smaller celestial bodies
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we'll start our journey from Neptune
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the farthest planet from the Sun
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we're flying a new generation spacecraft
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which can reach incredible speeds
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liftoff in three two one
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and here is Neptune a gas giant
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discovered in the mid-19th century it is
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the eighth and the farthest planet from
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the Sun
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with unique features of Neptune are its
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great dark spots these are actually huge
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storm systems that form and disperse
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over time
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due to the great distance from the Sun
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the outer atmosphere of Neptune is one
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of the coldest places in the solar
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system
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everybody
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trying closer towards the sun we start
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to approach Uranus just like Neptune it
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is also a nice giant these planetary
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rings are chains of debris which were
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formed by collisions with the moons
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which once
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today we know that Uranus has 27 natural
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satellites unlike the other planets in
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our solar system Uranus spins on its
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side
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second the planet that is always
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impressed and fascinated people it is
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often claimed to be the most beautiful
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this gigantic Asia sphere however
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Charming it may seem is not though a
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friendly place to visit because of its
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high internal pressure and temperature
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unlike Earth or Mars it doesn't have a
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rocket surface
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its impressive Rings composed of ice
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particles Rocky debris and Cosmic dust
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are simply hypnotizing
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despite the huge surface the Rings are
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in fact only several hundred meters
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thick
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they're probably the remains of one of
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the planet's moons
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which would have been torn apart by
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gravity
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Saturn has a staggering number of known
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movies
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56 in total now let's take a closer look
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at one of them
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Enceladus named after one of the Giants
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of Greek mythology
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encelados
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foreign
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of this natural satellite of Saturn is
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covered by 30 kilometer thick ice
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underneath the ice there is an ocean
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according to scientists that may be home
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to some primordial forms of life
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on Enceladus we can see there are ice
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volcanoes
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they spill Cairo lava with steam gases
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ice crystals and organic particles
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foreign
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we can now witness one of the eruptions
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the last of the gas giants Jupiter is
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the largest planet in the solar system
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in its huge volume it could house 1400
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planets the size of Earth
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just like Saturn Uranus and Neptune
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Jupiter does not have a rocky surface
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what we see is a cloud layer in its
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atmosphere
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the most prominent feature of Jupiter is
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the Great Red Spot
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a persistent anti-cyclonic storm with a
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diameter larger than that of Earth
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which has been raging the air for at
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least 350 years
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feeling 600 kilometers per hour
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the next stop on our journey is Mars
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also known as the red planet it owes its
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Monika to a rustic color the result of
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iron oxide prevalent on its surface
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below we can see one of Maya's Canyons
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we are heading there now
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the place where we are right now is
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called Valles maranelis it is the
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largest of the Canyons discovered so far
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it is 5 000 kilometers long which is 11
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times longer than the Grand Canyon USA
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for many years Engineers have been
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planning to send a manned mission to
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Mars and their future to colonize it
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unfortunately there are many dangers
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that the future colonizers will have to
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face
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one of them are March and dust storms
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that can completely cover the planet's
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surface for many months
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at this point in our journey we are
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traveling closest to our home Earth
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this unique Planet inhabited by millions
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of plants and animal species is the only
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known place in space where life is
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evolved
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this is the lunar lander that brought
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one of the six manned Apollo missions to
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the Moon
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the most beautiful view admired by
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people from the moon's surface was of
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our Blue Planet
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looking at the sky we can easily observe
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Earth partially shrouded in darkness
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small dots we can see the Knights of the
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Cities
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we're now getting closer to the center
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of the solar system
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we're heading towards Venus a rocky
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planet that has a similar mass and size
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as Earth
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scientists assume that there might once
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have been oceans on its surface that
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later evaporated due to an increase in
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temperature
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which today reaches around 500 degrees
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Celsius although Venus is farther from
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the Sun than Mercury it is the hottest
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planet in the solar system
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to look at the Sun so closely we will
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use a filter which passes through just a
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fraction of a percent of all the light
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emitted by this star the first planet
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from the Sun
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and the last one we are visiting is
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Mercury
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it is the smallest and least explored
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Planet due to its close proximity to our
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star
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numerous impact craters and virtually no
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atmosphere make mercury very similar to
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our moon just like Venus though it
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doesn't have a natural sunlight
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and here is the sun the central star of
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our solar system
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its light and heat make life on Earth
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possible
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from a distance it seems to be a yellow
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homogeneous sphere
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but Cena close it looks completely
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different
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on the sun's surface there is a
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turbulent ocean of gas reaching
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temperatures of 5500 degrees Celsius
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in its Center the temperature reaches 14
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million degrees Celsius
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this is where our journey comes to an
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end
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we have covered a total distance of four
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and a half billion kilometers
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we've seen enormous dense Giants and
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smaller rocket planets
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and yet still we know very little about
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space
