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The Nine Planets is an encyclopedic overview with facts and information about mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system and beyond. The 9 Planets in Our Solar System
Please try a different search. Explore the nine (or eight) planets of our solar system with easy-to-understand information for kids.
Planetary Picture List. These pages collect together references to many pictures of the solar system that can be found on the Net. I have removed some duplicates, but probably some remain. Since I originally compiled this list the number of relevant images has grown tremendously. I cannot hope to keep up with them all.
Learn about the eight planets and five dwarf planets of the solar system, their features, history, and exploration, with facts and images.
From the asteroid belt to Jupiter’s turbulent storms, every celestial body sits ready to unfold its story. With the tour continuing to the outer reaches of the universe, you’d experience the icy solitude of the outer planets like Neptune and Uranus. However, we shouldn’t forget about an often overlooked, yet significant part of our solar ...
Created in 1994 by software developer and amateur astronomer Bill Arnett, The Nine Planets is a multimedia website containing information about our Solar System and beyond. It was one of the first examples of a multimedia website when it first appeared online and has received over 100 million visitors. To this day, the site still receives up to ...
March 17, 2020. In our Solar System, there are eight planets. The planets in order from the Sun based on their distance are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The planets of our Solar System are listed based on their distance from the Sun.
The solar system consists of the Sun; the eight official planets, at least three “dwarf planets”, more than 130 satellites of the planets, a large number of small bodies (the comets and asteroids), and the interplanetary medium. (There are probably also many more planetary satellites that have not yet been discovered.)
The outer solar system contains Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The inner planets are separated from the outer planets by the Asteroid Belt. Click on the rocket to find out more about our nine planets! In our solar system, nine planets circle around our Sun. The Sun sits in the middle while the planets travel in circular paths ...
All other objects3 except satellites orbiting the Sun shall be referred to collectively as “Small Solar-System Bodies”. So by this official definition there are exactly eight “planets”: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Ceres, Pluto, and Eris (2003UB313) are now classificed as “dwarf planets”.