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.
Most planets in our solar system.
Known as natural satellites they orbit planets dwarf planets asteroids and other debris.
The fifth planet from the sun jupiter is a giant gas world that is the most massive planet in our solar system more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined according to nasa.
Most of the planets in the solar system have secondary systems of their own being orbited by planetary objects called natural satellites or moons two of which titan and ganymede are larger than the planet mercury and in the case of the four giant planets by planetary rings thin bands of tiny particles that orbit them in unison.
Planet facts interesting planet facts mercury the smallest and fastest planet it zips around the sun in only 88 earth days.
Venus venus thick atmosphere makes it the hottest planet in our solar system.
Mars mars was a wet and warm planet billions of years ago.
More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system.