Our Solar System: Facts & Information
Click to Download Our Solar System Android App Our Solar System ✪ Our Solar System is made up of the Sun and all of the planetary objects that move around it. ✪ The solar system is a vast place, with lots of empty space between planets. But out there are comets, asteroids and more rocky, frozen objects (including dwarf planets) yet to be discovered in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. (Credit: Nasa) ✪ Apart from the Sun, the largest members of the Solar System are the eight major planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. ✪ Nearest the Sun are four terrestrial planets (also called telluric planets or rocky planets) - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. ✪ Beyond Mars other four are gas giants, mostly made of hydrogen and helium sometimes also known as the 'Jovian planets' after the planet Jupiter, or giant planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. ✪ A belt lies between Mars and Jupiter , called asteroid belt – a regio