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The Eight Planets

The eight planets of our Solar System (not to scale)
The eight planets of our Solar System (not to scale)
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The planets are all spherical bodies that orbit the Sun.

The order from the Sun is:

Mercury → Venus → Earth → Mars → Jupiter → Saturn → Uranus → Neptune

💡 Fun Facts

  • A fun rhyme (mnemonic) to remember the order is: "My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming".
  • Jupiter is the biggest planet. It's so large that all the other seven planets could fit inside it at the same time!
  • The first four planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are small, rocky planets. The last four (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are known as 'gas giants' and are enormous.