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Planets

Uranus

Image of Uranus taken by Voyager 2
Credit:NASA

Saturn

Saturn - Rotating Model
Credit:Almond/NASA

Jupiter

Jupiter - Rotating Model
Credit: PlanetUser/NASA

Mars

Mars - Rotating Model
Credit:Almond/NASA

Mars is the fourth planet out from the Sun. It is also the second smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.

Earth

Rotating model of Earth — Earth - Rotating Model
Credit: Almond/NASA

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is the largest of four rocky, or terrestrial, planets. It is the only place in the Universe where we know life exists.

Venus

Venus - Rotating Model
Credit: Almond/NASA

Mercury

Mercury - False Colour Rotating Model
Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory,
Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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