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What are the sun and its eight planets called?
The Sun and it's eight major planets are part of the solar system. Our solar system also contains 5 dwarf planets (as of 2017) and more than 700,000 minor planets and other objects.
What is the middle planet of the eight planets?
If you only count the 8 major planets, then the two middle planets are Mars and Jupiter.If you count all 13 major and dwarf planets, the middle one is Saturn.
Which is smallest planet?
Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets.
What are the Sun and the eight planets together known as?
Our solar system consists of:The SunThe 8 planetsThe 5 dwarf planetsThe moons that orbit the planets and dwarf planetsThe more than 700,000 smaller objects, known as minor planets, asteroids, and comets
How many planets rotate around the sun?
There are eight recognised major planets which orbit The Sun. Starting nearest to the Sun and travelling outwards the planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
What are the sun and the eight planets?
The sun is a star at the center of our solar system. The eight planets in our solar system, in order of distance from the sun, are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What are the sun and its eight planets called?
The Sun and it's eight major planets are part of the solar system. Our solar system also contains 5 dwarf planets (as of 2017) and more than 700,000 minor planets and other objects.
Does Neptune count as a planet?
Yes. Neptune is one of the eight major planets in the Solar System.
What are major planets?
They are the eight planets Mercury to Neptune.
What do you call the group of eight major planets five dwarf planets and other matter that orbits the sun?
This is called the solar system.
What is made up of eight major planets five dwarf planets and numerous other objects that orbit the sun?
The solar system is made up of eight major planets, including Earth, and five known dwarf planets, like Pluto. In addition, there are numerous other smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets, that also orbit the sun within the solar system.
What is the middle planet of the eight planets?
If you only count the 8 major planets, then the two middle planets are Mars and Jupiter.If you count all 13 major and dwarf planets, the middle one is Saturn.
Which is smallest planet?
Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets.
Are there any other planets other than the eight major planets of our solar system?
Over 900 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. These are called exoplanets.
Does each of the eight planets in our solar system have its own orbit?
Yes, each of the 8 major planets has its own orbit, with no asteroids or other objects in its path.
What sets the eight major planets apart?
The eight major planets all have 3 things in common that no other objects in our solar system have:They orbit the SunThey are spherical because of their own gravityThey have cleared their orbital paths of smaller objects and debris
How many planets and plutoids are in the solar system?
There are eight major planets, ten dwarf planets (sometimes called "plutoids"), and two protoplanets known to be in the solar system. Bear in mind, however, that, as we are always expanding the horizons of our knowledge the numbers quite possibly will change. For a list of major objects (such as planets and plutoids) in the solar system, see related links.
