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Our Solar System

Our Solar System consists of a smallish star, which we call the Sun, and eight planetary bodies. We are on the third planet from the Sun.

The planets we call Mercury and Venus have an orbit around the Sun that is within the orbit of planet Earth around the Sun. There are four other planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which have an orbit ouround the Sun which is outside of the orbit of the Earth.

Mars Source: http://spacetelescope.org NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (Cornell University), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute, Boulder)	Earth Source Author: NASA/ GSFC/ NOAA/ USGS Public domain NASA
Venus Image processing by R. Nunes Author: NASA/Ricardo Nunes	Mercury Source: NASA/JPL Public domain NASA
Neptune User: Aushulz Public domain NASA	Uranus Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (University of Wisconsin), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI Institute)
Saturn Source: http://hubblesite.org Credit: NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)	Jupiter Source: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov Author: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Public domain NASA