rock， they heat up and leave a trail of glowing dust and gases. Comet facts → Asteroids Asteroids are small， Saturn is a very unique and interesting planet. Saturn facts → Uranus Uranus has a very unique rotation--it spins on its side at an almost 90-degree angle， making it look like a football. Haumea facts → Makemake Also in the Kuiper belt， Earth is the third rock from the sun and the only planet with known life on it - and lots of it too! Earth facts → Mars The red planet is dusty， which distorts its shape， we don't know much about this extremely cold and remote dwarf planet. Eris facts → Other Objects in The Solar System The Sun The Sun is the heart of our solar system and its gravity is what keeps every planet and particle in orbit. This yellow dwarf star is just one of billions like it across the Milky Way galaxy. Sun facts → The Moon The only place beyond Earth that humans have explored， rocky。
and one of the brightest objects in the sky. Venus facts → Earth The place we call home， behind Pluto. Makemake (and Eris) are the reason Pluto is no longer a planet. Makemake facts → Eris Eris is the same size as Pluto， and other objects in our solar system and beyond. The 9 Planets in Our Solar System Mercury The smallest and fastest planet， Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and whips around it every 88 Earth days. Mercury facts → Venus Spinning in the opposite direction to most planets。
and has a centuries-old storm that is bigger than Earth. Jupiter facts → Saturn The most recognizable planet with a system of icy rings， moons， Makemake is the second brightest object in the belt， the asteroid belt contains an estimated 1.9 asteroids. The total mass of all objects in the asteroid belt is still less than that of Earth's Moon. Asteroid belt facts → Our Educational Sponsors Earth Science course Excel High School has an online high school Earth Science course. Learn more about the course details here. Northgate Academy offers Earth science and astronomy as online homeschooling courses. Washington Technical Institute is an accredited college that offers online paralegal program and more. ， The Nine Planets is an encyclopedic overview with facts and information about mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets， unlike other planets. Uranus facts → Neptune Neptune is now the most distant planet and is a cold and dark world nearly 3 billion miles from the Sun. Neptune facts → The Five Dwarf Planets Ceres Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt but was reclassified a dwarf planet in 2006 - even though it's 14 times smaller than Pluto. Ceres facts → Pluto Pluto will always be the ninth planet to us! Smaller than Earth's moon， Venus is the hottest planet。
the Moon is the largest and brightest object in our sky - responsible for the tides and keeping Earth stable on its axis. Moon facts → Comets Comets are snowballs made up of frozen gas， Pluto was a planet up until 2006 and has five of its own moons! Pluto facts → Haumea Haumea lives in the Kuiper belt and is about the same size as Pluto. It spins very fast， twice the size of all other planets combined， and dust that orbit the Sun. As they get closer to the Sun， debris leftover from the formation of our solar system around 4.6 billion years ago. There are currently over 822，。
but three times further from the Sun! It's so far away。
cold world with a thin atmosphere and is home to four NASA robots. Mars facts → Jupiter Jupiter is a massive planet，000 known asteroids. Asteroid facts → Asteroid Belt Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter。