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. |
 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%. |
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth
largest.
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 Mars is the
fourth planet from the Sun and the seventh largest
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 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).
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 Saturn is the
sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest. The picture above is a Real picture of
Saturn. |
 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 |
 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 |
 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). |
