Solar System Planets and Moons

Solar System

The solar system is made up of eight planets orbiting around the Sun. These planets vary greatly in size, composition, temperature, and distance from the Sun.

Planets

Mercury

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It has a dense core with few craters, suggesting that it may have had high volcanic activity early in its history.

Venus

Venus is similar in size to Earth but is much hotter, due to a thick atmosphere trapping heat like a greenhouse effect.

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It's unique among all planets in its solar system by having a diverse range of environments including oceans, forests, deserts, and polar ice caps.

Mars

Mars is often called the red planet because of its reddish appearance. Its surface features large volcanoes and canyons.

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It has several distinct rings and large number of moons, most notably Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

Saturn

Saturn is known for its prominent ring system composed mostly of chunks of ice.

Uranus

Uranus rotates on its side due to a collision with another celestial body early in its history.

Neptune

Neptune is the furthest known planet from the sun in the solar system.

Moons

Our solar system has many moons, some big, some small, some rocky, some icy, and some gas giants. Some notable moons include:

Earth's Moon

The moon is Earth's only natural satellite. About one quarter of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, which might lead you to think there would be more water on the Moon because it gets the same amount of sunlight each day.

Phobos and Deimos - Mars

Phobos and Deimos are the two tiny natural satellites of Mars.

Titan - Saturn

Titan is the second-largest moon in the solar system after the moon Ganymede and the seventh largest moon overall.

Enceladus - Saturn

Enceladus is described as "one of the brightest objects visible from any place on Earth, and fourth brightest object in the entire sky.

Triton - Neptune

Triton is the largest of Neptune's 14 known moons.

Дistance From Sun

The distance between a planet and the Sun is measured in astronomical units (AU), where 1 AU is the average distance from Earth to the Sun. Here's how far the major planets are from the Sun on average:

• Mercury: 0.39 AU
• Venus: 0.72 AU
• Earth: 1 AU
• Mars: 1.52 AU
• Jupiter: 5.2 AU
• Saturn: 9.58 AU
• Uranus: 19.18 AU
• Neptune: 30.06 AU

Explore interesting facts about the planets and moons in our solar system, from the smallest planet Mercury to the enormous gas giants like Jupiter. Learn about the unique characteristics, compositions, and distances of each celestial body.