He ao nui tonu e amio haere ana i tētahi whetū. He mea hanga ki te toka, te konganuku me te haurehu, he poi te āhua. E iwa ngā aorangi e mōhiotia ana e amio haere ana i a Tamanuiterā, engari e taupatupatuhia ana mēnā he aorangi te mea tuaiwa, a Whiro. Ko tō tātou ao, ko Papatūānuku tētahi o ngā aorangi. He pororapa te āhua o te ara amio o ngā aorangi.
A large body that orbits around a star. It is composed of rock, metal and gas, and is spherical in shape. There are nine known planets that orbit the Sun, however there is some dispute about whether the ninth planet Pluto can be classified as a planet. The Earth is one of the planets. The planets’ orbit are elliptical.
ao - world
Rangi - Sky, heavens, upper regions
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He aha e mau tonu ai ngā aorangi ki te ara amio i te Rā?
Rārangihia mai ngā aorangi o Tamanuiterā, mai i te nui ki te iti.
Ko Whiro te aorangi tino tawhiti i a Tamanuiterā, e 5,870 miriona manomita te pāmamao.