Solar system ( Breif note )

Inner planets : The four planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called the Inner planets or terrestrial planets.

Outer planets : The five planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are the outer planets or Jovian planets.

Asteroids: They are tiny bodies that move around the Sun., found between the orbits of Mars &Jupiter.

Meteoroids: These are small rock pieces that move around the Sun

* Our solar system is a part of Milky Way Galaxy.

IMPORTANT FACTS

• Largest-/ Biggest Planet :Jupiter
• Smallest Planet : Mercury
• Satellites of Earth : Moon
• Nearest planet to the Sun : Mercury
• Earth’s twin : Venus
• Brightest Planet : Venus
• Brightest Star : Ceres
• Planets with rings around : Saturn
• Red Planet : Mars
• Blue Planet : Earth
• Green Planet : Neptune
• Evening star / Morning star:    The Venus.
• Maxima number of satellites: The Saturn (23)
• Do not have satellites:  The Mercury and the Venus
• The planets in order of their sizes: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury and Pluto.