EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the Sun. This includes the eight planets and their moons, dwarf planets, and countless asteroids, comets, and other small, icy objects.

• Solar System

• Universe

• Origin of the universe

What are the 9 planets?

Is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.

• Earth

• Mars

• Mercury

• Saturn

Is the second planet from the Sun. It is a terrestrial planet and is the closest in mass and size to its orbital neighbour Earth.

• Saturn

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

Is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

• Venus

• Earth

• Uranus

• Pluto

Is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also called "the Red Planet".

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

Is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Earth

Is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

• Jupiter

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Saturn

Is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant.

• Uranus

• Venus

• Pluto

• Mars

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun.

• Earth

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Pluto