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The Universe is a near
endless space filled with galaxies, stars, planets and
other objects like asteroids and meteorites.
Each
galaxy can contain potentially billions of stars or suns.
The Earth's sun is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
The Earth's sun is at the center of our Solar System.
The Solar System includes all the planets that revolve
around the Sun, and the moons that revolve around the
planets.
Our solar system consists of 9 planets that revolve
around the Sun. These planets, listed from the closest to
farthest from the Sun, are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. |