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The order of the planets in the solar system, starting
nearest the sun and working outward is the following:
Mercury,
Venus,
Earth,
Mars,
Jupiter,
Saturn,
Uranus,
Neptune
and then the possible Planet Nine.
The planets

The inner four planets closest to the sun — Mercury, Venus,

Earth and Mars — are often called the "terrestrial planets"
because their surfaces are rocky.

The four large outer worlds — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
— are sometimes called the Jovian or "Jupiter-like" planets
because of their enormous size relative to the terrestrial planets.
 Jupiter and Saturn are sometimes called the gas giants, whereas the more
distant Uranus and Neptune have been nicknamed the ice giants.

 This is because Uranus and Neptune have more atmospheric water and
other ice-forming molecules, such as methane, hydrogen sulfide and
phosphene, that crystallize into clouds in the planets' frigid conditions,
according to the Planetary Society.
Zipping around the sun in only 88 days, Mercury is the closest planet
to the sun. Because its so close to the sun, Mercury experiences
dramatic changes in its day and night temperatures

MERCURY

Mercury has a very thin atmosphere of oxygen, sodium, hydrogen, helium and
potassium and can't break-up incoming meteors, so its surface is pockmarked
with craters, just like the moon.
VENUS
 Mars

The fourth planet from the sun is Mars, and it's a cold, desert-like place covered in
dust. This dust is made of iron oxides, giving the planet its iconic red hue. Mars shares
similarities with Earth: It is rocky, has mountains, valleys and canyons
 Perseverance Rover's First Image from Mars: This is the first image NASA’s
Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.
Jupiter, the great planet of our solar system

Jupiter has a
strong magnetic
field, and with 75
moons, it looks a
bit like a miniature
solar system.

The fifth planet from

the sun, Jupiter is a
giant gas world that is
the most massive planet
in our solar system
 Saturn
The sixth planet from the sun, Saturn is known most for its rings.
The
gaseous planet is mostly hydrogen and helium and has numerous
moons.
URANUS
Neptun

The eighth planet from the sun, Neptune is about the size of Uranus
and is known for supersonic strong winds. Neptune is far out and cold.
The planet is more than 30 times as far from the sun as Earth.
In 2016, researchers
proposed the possible
existence of a ninth planet,
for now dubbed "Planet
Nine" or Planet X. The
planet is estimated to be
about 10 times the mass of
Earth and to orbit the sun
between 300 and 1,000
times farther than the orbit
of the Earth.