All About PlanetsWelcome to the site that will teach you about planets. Planet VenusVenus 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%. Planet MarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the seventh largest: Planet SaturnSaturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest: Planet NeptuneNeptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest (by diameter). Neptune is smaller in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus.
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Planet MercuryMercury 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. Planet EarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth 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 (the mass of Jupiter is 318 times that of Earth). Planet UranusUranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest (by diameter). Uranus is larger in diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune. (Dwarf ) Planet PlutoPluto 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). Source of Data: http://nineplanets.org/ |