Wikijunior Solar System
The Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Asteroid belt
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Comets
Glossary

People have been watching the sky for thousands of years and wondered exactly what is out there. With advances in telescopes as well as spaceships which have physically traveled to various planets, a considerable amount of knowledge has been obtained to better understand the universe near to us.

At the center of the Solar System is the Sun. This is but one of billions of stars in the sky, but is important to us as it gives us warmth and energy for us to use. There are many worlds that are near the Sun, each of them are as different as you can possibly imagine. All of these worlds that either orbit the Sun or orbit a planet going around the Sun make up what we call the Solar System. As you read each of the sections about these different worlds, we will explore the differences between all of these worlds, and hopefully you will understand how unique and special the Earth is as well.