solar system closest to the Sun and the smallest. It is part of the so-called inner or terrestrial planets and lacks natural satellites as well as Venus. VENUS Venus is the second planet from the sun.[8] It is a terrestrial planet because it has a solid, rocky surface like other planets in the inner solar system. Astronomers have known Venus for thousands of years. The ancient Romans named it after their goddess Venus. • Mars is the fourth planet in order of distance from the Sun and the second smallest in the solar system, after Mercury. It received its name in honor of the god of war from Roman mythology (Ares in Greek mythology), and it was also known as "the red planet" 2 3 due to the reddish appearance4 that iron oxide confers on it JUPITER • Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.[11] It is the fifth planet from the Sun.[12] Jupiter is a gas giant, both because it is so large and made up of gas. The other gas giants are Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. SATURN • Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Like Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, Saturn is a "gas giant" URANUS • Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is a gas giant. It is the third largest planet in the solar system. The planet is made of ice, gases and liquid metal. Its atmosphere contains hydrogen, helium and methane. The temperature on Uranus is −197 degrees C (79 K) near the top of its atmosphere, but its small solid core (about 55% the mass of Earth) is NEPTUNE Neptune (English pronunciation: /ˈnɛp.tjun/), is the eighth and last planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is a gas giant. It is the fourth largest planet and third heaviest. Neptune has four rings which are hard to see from the Earth. It is seventeen times heavier than Earth and is a little bit heavier than Uranus. It was named after the Roman God of the Sea