All About Planets

Welcome to the site that will teach you about planets.

 

Planet Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Venus' orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%.

Orbit: 108,200,000 Km (0.72 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 12,103.6 Km
Mass: 4.869e24 kg

 

Planet Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the seventh largest:

Orbit: 227,940,000 Km (1.52 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 6,794 Km
Mass: 6.4219e23 Kg

 

Planet Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest:

Orbit: 1,429,400,000 Km (9.54 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 120,536 Km (equatorial)
Mass 5.68e26 Kg

 

Planet Neptune

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest (by diameter). Neptune is smaller in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus.

Orbit: 4,504,000,000 Km (30.06 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 49,532 Km (equatorial)
Mass: 1.0247e26 Kg

 

Quick Planets Quiz

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Which of these Five Planets is closest to Mars?




If Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solaris Star system, then what is the Second largest?

Venus is the second largest.
Uranus is the second largest.
Saturn is the second largest.


What Planet(s) can be seen from Earth at Night?

Mercury
Pluto
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus


Which Option portrays the correct order of the planets?
Check all that apply:

Pluto, Neptune,Uranus,Saturn,Jupiter, Mars, Earth , Venus, Mercury .
Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune,Pluto
Jupiter, Saturn, Eart,Mars,Pluto, Neptune, Venus , Uranus, Mercury.



What Planet(s) are solid and NOT Gaseous?
Mars
Earth
Neptune
Venus
Jupiter

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Planet Mercury

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. Mercury is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Ganymede and Titan but more than twice as massive.

Orbit: 57,910,000 Km from Sun
Diameter: 4,880 Km
Mass: 3.30e23 Kg

 

Planet Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest:

Orbit: 149,600,000 Km (1.00 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 12,756.3 Km
Mass: 5.972e24 Kg

 

Planet Jupiter

Jupiter 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 (the mass of Jupiter is 318 times that of Earth).

Orbit: 778,330,000 Km (5.20 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 142,984 Km (Equatorial)
Mass: 1.900e27 Kg

 

Planet Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest (by diameter). Uranus is larger in diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune.

Orbit: 2,870,990,000 Km (19.218 AU) From Sun
Diameter: 51,118 Km (equatorial)
Mass: 8.683e25 Kg

 

(Dwarf ) Planet Pluto

Pluto orbits beyond the orbit of Neptune (usually). 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 (the Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan and Triton).

Orbit: 5,913,520,000 Km (39.5 AU) From the Sun (average)
Diameter: 2274 Km
Mass: 1.27e.22 Kg

Source of Data: http://nineplanets.org/