• MERCURY •

• Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest one to the Sun.
• It is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon.
• It moves very fast, completing a full trip around the Sun in just 88 Earth days.
• Its average distance from the Sun is about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers).
• It has zero moons.

• VENUS •

• Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the hottest planet in our solar system.
• The brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon, often called the "morning star" or "evening star".
• Very similar in size and mass to Earth, which is why it is often called Earth's "twin".
• Venus has no moons and no rings.

• EARTH •

• Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to support life.
• An oblate spheroid (flattened slightly at the poles and bulging at the equator due to its rotation).
• Covered roughly by 70.8% water (mostly oceans) and 29.2% dry land.
• Formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago along with the rest of the solar system.

• MARS •

• Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is widely known as the Red Planet due to iron oxide (rust) covering its rocky surface.
• About 142 million miles (228 million kilometers) or 1.5 astronomical units.
• Its diameter is about 4,212 miles (6,779 km), making it roughly half the size of Earth.
• Two small, lumpy moons named Phobos and Deimos.

• JUPITER •

• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in our solar system, with a mass more than twice that of all other planets combined.
• Gas giant with no solid surface, composed mostly of hydrogen and helium.
• Its diameter is about 11 times that of Earth (roughly 142,984 km).
• Features over 95 officially recognized moons.

• SATURN •

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in our Solar System.
• A gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium.
• Famous for a spectacular system of seven main rings made of ice and rock particles.
• Home to hundreds of moons, including the smoggy,

• URANUS •

• Famous for a spectacular system of seven main rings made of ice and rock particles.
• It is an ice giant, meaning it is mostly made of heavy fluids like water, methane, and ammonia above a small rocky core.
• Uranus has an extreme axial tilt of about 98 degrees,
• Uranus has 13 faint rings and at least 27 known moons,

• NEPTUNE •

• Neptune is the eighth and farthest major planet from the Sun in our solar system.
• It sits over 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth.
• It is classified as an ice giant, meaning it is made of a thick, hot fluid mix of water, ammonia, and methane over a rocky core.
• Neptune has 16 known moons (with Triton being the largest) and a faint, dark ring system.