Solar System List Of Planets In Order

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Solar system list of planets in order.

Length of year orbit. Here are a list of the 9 planets in their order in the solar system. Pluto also was listed as a planet until 2006. Most people have at least heard about our solar system and the planets in it.

It consists of the sun and eight official planets including neptune uranus saturn jupiter mars earth venus mercury more than 130 satellites of the planets at least three dwarf planets many comets and asteroids. Order of the 8 or 9 planets. It is the closest planet to the sun so it orbits the sun very quickly just in 88 days. 18 earth hours temperature.

Its surface is a brownish yellow color because of its thick atmosphere which is composed of. The eight planets and the asteroids revolve around the sun. 86 881 miles 139 822 km orbit. The solar system formed 4 6 billion years ago.

The planets in order from the sun are mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune and finally the dwarf planet pluto. As the term is applied to bodies in earth s solar system the international astronomical union iau lists eight planets orbiting the sun. 51 120 km 31 763 miles mass. Its surface is gray.

This is a list of selected planets. 216 c 357 f most of the planet s mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of icy materials water h2o methane ch4. Known to the ancient greeks and visible to the naked eye.