Solar System Planets Notes

All planets have elliptical orbits. Pluto is a dwarf planet relegated from its status as the ninth planet.

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The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of the sun and the objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly.

Solar system planets notes. Our solar system consists of the sun eight major planets dwarf planets pluto ceres eris etc satellites and countless minor planets asteroids meteors comets and debris. A survey of the solar system 8 9 planets. Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune pluto.

This is due to its thick atmosphere which is mostly made of carbon dioxide gas a greenhouse gas currently have a shuttle orbiting venus and collecting information about the planet the earth 3rd planet from the sun. Jupiter and saturn make up 90 of the mass of. The closest planet to sun is mercury and the farthest is neptune.

Of the objects that orbit the sun directly the largest are the eight planets with the remainder being smaller objects the dwarf planets and small solar system bodies of the objects that orbit the sun indirectly the natural satellites two are larger than the. All revolve counter clockwise around the sun. Asteroid belt between mars jupiter components of the solar system.

Except for venus uranus and pluto. The eight planets of the solar system are mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune. Thousands more planets have been discovered beyond our solar system.

The inner circle consists of four planets mercury venus earth and mars having smaller and denser bodies while the outer circle comprises four planets jupiter saturn uranus and neptune having a larger size and less dense materials and have a thick atmosphere mostly of helium and hydrogen. Beyond neptune a newer class of smaller worlds called dwarf planets reign including longtime favorite pluto. The sun is at the one of the two centers of the solar system and the planets revolving around it in elliptical orbits.

Components of solar system. The inner rocky planets are mercury venus earth and mars. Let us take a look at some quick facts about the solar system.

Brightest it is the hottest planet in our solar system with an average temperature of 462 degrees celsius. The closest planet to sun is mercury and the farthest is neptune. The sun is 99 of the mass of the solar system.

The outer planets are gas giants jupiter and saturn and ice giants uranus and neptune. The solar system the solar system consists of the sun and its eight main planets their satellites asteroids comets meteors and other dwarf planets.

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