Let’s take a closer look at the planets in our solar system. For more information about our plants, check out our lesson on The Solar System.
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Mercury is very hot during the day and very cold at night.
Venus is the same size as Earth but much hotter because of its toxic atmosphere.
Our home. Earth has an atmosphere of greenhouse gases and liquid water, which make life possible.
This rocky planet has huge volcanoes and rotates at about the same rate as Earth.
The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter has a huge storm that has been raging for hundreds of years.
Saturn has an extensive ring system and 52 moons orbiting the planet.
This planet rotates sideways compared to the others. It appears blue because of methane gas in its atmosphere.
The farthest planet from the Sun. It takes Neptune 165 Earth years to orbit the sun just once.