Space Planet Earth Solar System
Planet facts interesting planet facts mercury the smallest and fastest planet it zips around the sun in only 88 earth days.
Space planet earth solar system. Get the latest space exploration innovation and astronomy news. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system approximately 3000 miles 4850 km in diameter hardly larger than the moon. Mars mars was a wet and warm planet billions of years ago. Venus venus thick atmosphere makes it the hottest planet in our solar system.
Earth is also unique in terms of. The order of the planets in the solar system starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following. Despite being the smallest it s extremely dense. The table below shows the size of the planet how far it is from the sun and how long it takes to complete a single orbit.
The largest planet in the solar system is jupiter followed by saturn uranus neptune earth venus mars with the smallest being mercury. The name earth is at least 1 000 years old. Mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune and then the possible. Earth the only planet in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.
The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of the sun and the objects that orbit it either directly or indirectly. While earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface. It s also the closest planet to the sun making it dangerous to explore. In fact it s the second densest planet after earth.