List of planets

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This is a list of all the planets and dwarf planets in the Solar System.

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Planets [change]

  • Mercury – The planet with the second highest temperature in the Solar System and the closest planet to the Sun.
  • Venus – The warmest planet.
  • Earth – The only planet in the solar system that is known to have life. It has one natural satellite, the Moon.
  • Mars – Sometimes called the "red planet" and "the brother of Earth". Mars is the closest planet to the Earth.
  • Jupiter – The largest planet in the Solar System.
  • Saturn – Sixth planet from the Sun. It has giant rings around it.
  • Uranus – Sometimes called the "sideways planet".[source?]
  • Neptune – The farthest planet from the Sun.

Dwarf planets [change]

Other [change]

Some scientists think that there was once a planet called Theia which crashed into the Earth at one point, creating the Moon.

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