The Planets Of The Solar System
The Four Terrestrial Planets
Mercury
Mercury is the smallest of eight planets in our solar system. It completes its orbit around the sun in 87.97 days which makes it the fastest orbiting planet.
Mercury Facts
Venus
Venus is the second rock from the Sun and the third brightest object in the sky, after Sun and Moon. It is named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty.
Venus Facts
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the densest planet in the solar system. With a radius of 6,371 kilometres or 3,959 miles, it is the largest of the terrestrial planets.
Earth Facts
Mars
Mars is the second smallest and fourth planet in the solar system. In fact, its total surface area is similar to that of all Earth's continents combined. It is named after the Roman God of War.
Mars FactsThe Four Gaseous Giants
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth and the largest planet in the solar system. Due to its massive size, it is named after the king of ancient Roman God. Unlike other terrestrial planets, it is mainly made of gas.
Jupiter Facts
Saturn
Saturn is the second-largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter and named after Roman God of time and agriculture. It is mainly made up of hydrogen (94%), helium (6%) and a small amount of ammonia and methane.
Saturn Facts
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and named after the Greek god of the heavens after its discovery in 1781. With a radius of about 25,300 km, it is the third-largest planet planet.
Uranus Facts
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth planet in the solar system and named after Roman god of the sea. It has the fourth-largest planetary diameter and third-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.
Neptune FactsThe Dwarf Planets
Pluto
Pluto is the largest and second most massive dwarf planet in the solar system. Sitting far away from the rest of the planets, Plutonian world is located in Kuiper belt, a region that is beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Pluto FactsOther Solar System Objects
The Moon
The Moon is the only natural satellite and the closest astronomical body of our earth. With a diameter of more than the quarter of the earth, it is the fifth natural satellite in our solar system.
Moon Facts
