8 Planets of solar system and its functions

The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. Of the bodies that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the four gas and ice giants and the four terrestrial planets, followed by an unknown number of dwarf planets and innumerable small Solar System bodies. Wikipedia
Age: 4.571 billion years.
Officially there are 8 planets. Mercury, venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune is the order from nearest to farthest from Sun. Earlier Pluto was considered as planet However it was later discovered that Pluto is one among many Icy bodies of Kupier Belt.TRENDING
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Solar system planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) planets
By Daisy Dobrijevic Contributions from Robert Roy Britt published December 08, 2021

Explore our solar system's planets from the nearest to the sun to the furthest.






The order of the planets in the solar system from nearest the sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and then the possible Planet Nine.
The order of the planets in the solar system from nearest the sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and then the possible Planet Nine. (Image credit: ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images.)
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The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and then the possible Planet Nine.

Ever since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, kids grew up learning that the solar system has nine planets. That all changed in the late 1990s when astronomers started arguing about whether Pluto was indeed a planet. In a highly controversial decision, the International Astronomical Union ultimately decided in 2006 to designate Pluto as a "dwarf planet," reducing the list of the solar system's true planets to just eight.

If you insist on including Pluto, it would come after Neptune on the list. Pluto is truly way out there and on a wildly tilted, elliptical orbit (two of the several reasons it was demoted). The sun accumulated about 99% of the available matter and the remaining material further from the sun formed smaller clumps inside the spinning disk. Some of these clumps gained enough mass that their gravity shaped them into spheres, becoming planets, dwarf planets and moons. Other leftover pieces became asteroids, comets and smaller moons that make up our solar system.Other leftover pieces became asteroids, comets and

1. SOLAR SYSTEM Muhammed navavi A M

2. Our solar system is made up of a star, eight planets, and countless smaller bodies such as dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets

3. MERCURY Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System Mercury is only the second hottest planet

4. JUPITER Jupiter Is The Fastest Spinning Planet In The Solar System JUPITER IS GIGANTIC

5. MARS Mars is also known as the Red Planet Mars is smaller than Earth

6. URANUS Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System Uranus has rings

7. VENUS  Venus spins clockwise on its axis A day on Venus is longer than a year

8. SATURN Saturn could float in water because it is mostly made of gas Saturn is huge

9. EARTH 70% of the Earth's Surface is Covered in Water Earth is Mostly Iron, Oxygen and Silicon

10. NEPTUNE Neptune is the most distant planet from the Sun. Neptune is the smallest gas giant

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