Notes

The pictures of the planets Ben and Mary saw would not have been like these, which were taken with space telescopes and explorers and were color-enhanced. The planets are definitely not shown in proportion to their actual sizes. Also, the ninth planet shown here, Pluto, was not discovered until 1930, and in 2006 was reduced to dwarf planet status.

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