The Planets 

The picture below shows the planets of our solar system.
(Click the Sun to learn more about it.)

From left to right, after the sun, the planets are:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,   (rocky inner planets)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.   (gaseous outer planets)

Can you name the planets again? Do as many as you can without looking back.

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(gaseous outer planets)

 


Here is another view of the 9 planets in their correct order from the sun. 
Each planet can be clicked to learn more.

 

Here are individual pictures of the planets. Their  relative sizes are not necessarily correct. 
Click a planet below to find out more about them. Each one can be copied and pasted into Paint.

THE ROCKY INNER PLANETS

 

 

MERCURY

 

VENUS

 

EARTH

 

  MARS  

 

THE GASEOUS OUTER PLANETS

 

JUPITER SATURN URANUS  

NEPTUNE

PLUTO

 

 

Click the Earth to enlarge it.  Earthbig.jpg (155031 bytes)

 

                            Solar System

 

 

Copy and paste the diagram below into Paint. 
Copy, paste, size, and label  the inner planets on this diagram.