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Sun and planet gear

Okay kiddo, so picture this - imagine you have a big ball (that's the sun) and two smaller balls (those are the planets) attached to it with some gears. Now, when you twist the big ball (sun), the smaller balls (planets) start moving in circles around it.

But wait, how does that work? Well, the gears help to transfer the energy and motion from the big ball (sun) to the smaller balls (planets). When the big ball (sun) turns, it rotates another gear with little teeth on it. These teeth fit into the teeth of the smaller balls (planets) and turn them around the big ball (sun).

This kind of gear system is called a sun and planet gear. It's used in some machines like car transmissions, where the gears help to transmit power to different parts of the car to make it move forward or backward.

So there you have it, the sun and planet gear is like a little system of gears that helps things move!
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