The Solar System

• The Sun


  The centre of our solar system
• The Solar System


  • Orbited by eight planets
  • Orbited by a bunch of other objects
• Our Solar System has One Star - The Sun
• Planets in our Solar System

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
• Dwarf planet


  Planet-like objects that orbit stars, but don't meet all of the rules for being a planet
• Dwarf planet in our Solar System

  • Pluto
• Objects in the Solar System

  • Planets
  • Dwarf planets
  • Moons
  • Artificial satellites
• Moons


  Objects that orbit planets
• Artificial satellites


  Satellites that humans have built, generally orbiting the Earth
• Our solar system is a tiny part of the Milky Way galaxy
• The Milky Way galaxy is a massive collection of billions of stars that are all held together by gravity