OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

              

Solar System is Sun at the center and all the objects orbiting around it. Sun is orbited by planets , asteroids , comets and other things. Our Solar System is 4.6 billion years old. All of the celestial objects in the Solar Systems are bound by Gravitational force. 

                                                    

                         

Our Solar System consists on 8 planets : Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune and a dwarf planet called Pluto which if often considered a planet by many.  

There is a Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter where as after Neptune called as Kuiper Belt.

 

                                            

Mercury,Venus,Earth and Mars are often called as inner planets or terrestrial planets.These planets do not have rings and are made up mostly of rocks. Venus is the hottest inner planet whereas Earth is the largest inner planet.

                          

Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and Neptune are called as outer planets or Jovian planets.These planets have and outer rings and are composed mostly of gases and liquids.These are gas giants with Jupiter being the largest planet in the Solar System.These planets have numerous moons and rings.These planets lie in between Asteroid belt and Kuiper belt.

                 

                 

View 3D model of Solar System here.