Planet Song

Let's explore the awesome planets We'll fly in our rocket ship Let's explore the awesome planets We'll have an exciting trip All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Mercury is the smallest planet The very first one that we see It's really hot with lots of craters Just as dry as it can be All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Venus is the second planet Shining brightly in the sky Having lots of clouds and gases Makes it hot and bare and dry All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Earth is third, it is our home There's oxygen and water here Everything we need for living Plus a moon that's very near All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Mars is fourth, the planet that is Red with rust all over We wanted to explore this world So we sent up the rover All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Jupiter is really big It's made of many gases It has 67 moons See each one as it passes All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Saturn is the next big planet The one with all the pretty rings They're made up of ice and dust They're particles of bigger things All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Uranus is the seventh planet Mostly made of ice and gas It's really cold and spinning sideways Hit by something in the past All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun Neptune is the final planet Its color is a pretty blue Having lots of wind and cyclones Makes it very cold, it's true All eight planets travel in orbit We'll get to know them, every one Solar system, solar system Planets spin around the sun