SOLAR SYSTEM

INTRODUCTION
The Latest. Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything
bound to it by gravity — the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, dwarf planets such as Pluto, dozens
of moons and millions of asteroids, comets and meteoroids.

SUN
The sun lies at the heart of the solar system, where it is by far the largest
object. It holds 99.8 percent of 1
the solar system's mass and is roughly
109 times the diameter of the Earth — DID YOU KNOW
about one million Earths could fit OUR SUN REVOLVES AROUND
inside the sun. ... The sun is one of SOMETHING? ITS OUR MILKY WAY
more than 100 billion stars in the
GALAXIES CENTER. OUR SUN REVOLVES
Milky Way
THE MILKY WAY’S CORE.
MERCURY
Mercury is the smallest planet in our
solar system. ... Along with Venus,
Earth, and Mars, Mercury is one of
the rocky planets. It has a solid surface
that is covered with craters. It has no atmosphere, and it doesn't have any
moons.
VENUS
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman
goddess of love and beauty. ... Venus is a terrestrial planet and is
sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" because of their similar size,

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mass, proximity to the Sun, and bulk composition. It is radically different
from Earth in other respects.
EARTH
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object
known to harbour life. About 29% of Earth's surface is land consisting of
continents and islands. The remaining 71% is covered with water, mostly
by oceans but also by lakes, rivers and other fresh water, which together
constitute the hydrosphere.
MARS
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in
the Solar System, being larger than only Mercury. ... Mars is a
terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, with surface features reminiscent
of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts and polar ice
caps of Earth.
ASTROID BELT
Scattered in orbits around the sun are bits and pieces of rock left over from
the dawn of the solar system. Most of these objects, called planetoids
or asteroids — meaning "star-like" — orbit between Mars and Jupiter in a 2
grouping known as the Main Asteroid Belt. ... It contains millions
of asteroids, according to NASA.
JUPITER
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
It is a gas giant with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but two-and-a-
half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined. ...
Surrounding Jupiter is a faint planetary ring system and a powerful
magnetosphere.
SATURN
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar
System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine
times that of Earth. It only has one-eighth the average density of Earth;
however, with its larger volume, Saturn is over 95 times more massive.

URANUS

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Uranus is made of water, methane, and ammonia fluids above a small
rocky centre. Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium like Jupiter
and Saturn, but it also has methane. ... Like Venus, Uranus rotates in the
opposite direction as most other planets. And unlike any
other planet, Uranus rotates on its side.
NETPTUNE
Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the Sun. In the
Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-
massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of
Earth, slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus.

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