Solar System

The Solar System is a collection of celestial bodies, including the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, that are bound by gravity and orbit the Sun.

There are eight recognized planets in the Solar System.

The order of the planets from the Sun is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Mars is known as the Red Planet due to its reddish appearance caused by iron oxide on its surface.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.

The asteroid belt is a region between Mars and Jupiter that contains numerous rocky bodies and is considered the boundary between the inner rocky planets and the outer gas giants.

Gas giants are large planets that are primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, with no well-defined solid surface. The gas giants in our Solar System are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

A planet is a celestial body that orbits the Sun, is spherical in shape, and has cleared its orbit of other debris. A dwarf planet also orbits the Sun and is spherical but has not cleared its orbit of other debris.

The Kuiper Belt is a region of the Solar System beyond Neptune that contains many small icy bodies, including dwarf planets like Pluto.