"How the Planets Came to Be". This essay is a personally interpereted version of how the planets were created, and why they sit where they do now.

Essay by lilsht09High School, 11th gradeA, December 2003

download word file, 1 pages 4.2

Downloaded 47 times

Some say God gave the Sun the power to create all matter in the Universe. When the Sun created all matter it was everything but unique. Some of his creations included very small stars but nothing spectacular.

One day while creating matter he met a woman named Moon. It was love at first sight. He fell deeply in love with her. Sun was his happiest when his was with Moon. Together they created many more beautiful stars and expanded the universe. They made galaxies and other creations that humans cannot even fathom. One of their most beautiful creations was called the North Star, which he made as a gift to Moon. This established his place as the greatest god that ever lived.

To help rule over their creations, the Moon and the Sun decided that they should have children. Each of the children was to have different personalities and different appearances that would make them unique.

After about a billion years the Moon had hatched eight eggs. After hatching the ninth egg, Moon became very ill and died. The Sun never wanted to forget the love of his life, so he turned his wife into rock and had her orbit the most beautiful of their unborn children named Earth. The Moon's sisters came from far away galaxies to be close to their sister and protect the children. They decided they would remain here for eternity, circling and protecting each of the children.

The sun became depressed, heartbroken, and displeased. After the loss of his love, the mere sight of the eggs made the sun unhappy. He wanted to destroy his yet unborn children. The youngest child, Pluto, had been killed immediately and sent to the coldest part in the galaxy. Before the sisters could get to the others...