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The Solar System

Mercury is the smallest


and innermost planet in
the Solar System. Its orbit
around the Sun takes
87.97 Earth days, the
shortest of all the planets
in the Solar System.

Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within


Earth's orbit as an inferior planet, and its
apparent distance from the Sun as
viewed from Earth never exceeds 28°.
This proximity to the Sun means the
planet can only be seen near the western
horizon after sunset or eastern horizon
before sunrise, usually in twilight
•Venus is the second planet from the
Sun. It is named after the Roman
goddess of love and beauty. Venus
lies within Earth's orbit, and so never
appears to venture far from the Sun,
either setting in the west just after
dusk or rising in the east a bit before
dawn. Venus orbits the Sun every
224.7 Earth days. With a rotation
period of 243 Earth days, it takes
longer to rotate about its axis than
any other planet in the Solar System
by far and does so in the opposite
direction to all but Uranus.
Earth is the third planet from
the Sun and the only
astronomical object known to
harbor life. About 29% of
Earth's surface is land
consisting of continents and
islands. The remaining 71% is
covered with water, mostly by
oceans but also lakes, rivers
and other fresh water, which
together constitute the
hydrosphere. Much of Earth's
polar regions are covered in
ice. Earth's outer layer is
divided into several rigid
tectonic plates that migrate
across the surface over many
millions of years. Earth's
interior remains active with a
solid iron inner core, a liquid
outer core that generates
Earth's magnetic field, and a
converting mantle that drives
plate tectonics.
•Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the
Solar System, being larger than only Mercury. In English, Mars carries the name of
the Roman god of war and is often referred to as the "Red Planet".

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•Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun
and the largest in the Solar System. It is a
gas giant with a mass one-thousandth
that of the Sun, but two-and-a-half times
that of all the other planets in the Solar
System combined. Jupiter is one of the
brightest objects visible to the naked eye
in the night sky, and has been known to
ancient civilizations since before recorded
history
Saturn is the sixth planet from the
Sun and the second-largest in the
Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas
giant with an average radius of
about nine times that of Earth. It
only has one-eighth the average
density of Earth; however, with its
larger volume, Saturn is over 95
times more massive
•Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Its name is a reference to the Greek god of the
sky, Uranus, who, according to Greek mythology, was the grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter) and
father of Cronus (Saturn). It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest
planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both
have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and
Saturn
•Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from
the Sun. In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by
diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant
planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth, slightly more massive
than its near-twin Uranus. Neptune is denser and physically
smaller than Uranus because its greater mass causes more
gravitational compression of its atmosphere. The planet orbits
the Sun once every 164.8 years at an average distance of 30.1
AU (4.5 billion km; 2.8 billion mi).

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