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The solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Here, you can gain insights on the different characteristics of each planet and compare them with each other.
Inner Planets
Inner Planets
The first four planets from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. These inner planets also are known as terrestrial planets because they have solid surfaces.
MERCURY
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system, and the nearest to the Sun.
EARTH
Earth – our home planet – is the third planet from the Sun, and the fifth largest planet.
MARS
Mars – the fourth planet from the Sun – is a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere.
outer Planets
outer Planets
The giant planets in our outer solar system don't have hard surfaces and instead have swirling gases above a core. Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants. Uranus and Neptune are ice giants.
JUPITER
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system – if it were a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside.
SATURN
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, the second-largest planet in our solar system.
URANUS
The seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus has the third largest diameter of planets in our solar system.
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