Space - The Terrestrial Planets. Learn about the first four planets of our solar system including Earth. Find out why asteroids sometime hit the Earth and why most don't. 

Have you ever wondered why the Moon has loads of crators formed by asteroids and the Earth have only a few?

Large asteroids sometimes have a collision course with the Earth but only a few hit us because we have an atmosphere. This acts as abuffer between us and most asteroids burn up in the atmosphere before they hit the Earth.

Other things you may learn include are

• is there water on Mars
• how hot it is on Mercury
• which planet is the brightest in the night sky
• why we only see the same face of the Moon
• which planet rotates in the opposite direction to all others
• which animal has an asteroid named after it
• why Mars is red in color
• pictures of the planets
• and many more interesting facts

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