Solar systemOur solar system has 8 planet

• There is only one planet that can support life.

Mercury

o The planet Mercury is the closest planet to our sun and is the smallest planet in the solar system.

It is named after a Roman God

VenusVenus is covered with thick clouds that create a

greenhouse effect that makes it very hot.

EarthEarth is the only planet whose English name does not

derive from Greek Roman mythology.

MarsMars is the fourth planet from the sun and the

seventh largest planet.

JupiterJupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and by far the largest. Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all

the other planets combined.

Saturn

Saturn was first visited by NASA. Saturn has at least 31 moons.

UranusUranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the

third largest.

Neptune

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest.

Pluto

Pluto orbits beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is much smaller than any of the official planets and now classified as a "dwarf planet". Pluto is smaller than seven of the solar system's moons.

SUN

The sun is by far the largest object in the solar system.

o The sun is personified in many mythologies: the Greeks called it Helios and the Romans called it Sol.

Asteroid belt Asteroids are small, airless rocky worlds revolving

around the sun that are too small to be called planets. They are also known as planetoids or minor planets. In total, the mass of all the asteroids is less

than that of Earth's moon.