A Moment in The Sun | The Planets | BBC Earth — Transcript
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- 0:11For the first few million years after
- 0:13the Sun formed, there were no planets to
- 0:16see it rise.
- 0:25Just clouds of dust and gas.
- 0:32The leftovers from the birth of the Sun.
- 0:40Over tens of millions of years, the dust
- 0:43began to stick together
- 0:46and form the first rocks.
- 0:53Eventually, gravity assembled the rocks
- 0:57to create planetary embryos.
- 1:02That in time formed the four closest
- 1:05planets to the Sun.
- 1:25Today, Mercury is the closest of all
- 1:28enduring the Sun's full glare.
- 1:34Further out
- 1:36lies Venus.
- 1:40Shrouded by a thick atmosphere.
- 1:45Then, Venus's neighbor,
- 1:47Earth.
- 1:50And farthest of all
- 1:52Mars.
- 1:58A cold, desert world.
- 2:03Together, they form the only rocky,
- 2:05so-called terrestrial planets in the
- 2:07solar system.
- 2:10And of the four,
- 2:12one
- 2:13is unique.
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