Planets In Order With Names
Questions have been asked about the proper english spelling of names of astronomical objects especially as regards capitalization of such names.
Planets in order with names. The idea of planets has evolved over its history from the divine lights of antiquity to the earthly objects of the scientific age. The concept has expanded to. The ptolemaic system used in greek astronomy placed the planets in order closest to earth to furthest as the moon mercury venus sun mars jupiter and saturn. One helpful thing is that when people learn the names of the planets they usually learn them in order from innermost to outermost that is in order of increasing.
First the quick facts. Our solar system has eight official planets which orbit the sun. Here are the planets listed in order of their distance from the sun. With these mnemonics its easy to memorize the order of the planets mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus neptune pluto.
Image map of our solar system with pop up text descriptions for planets and dwarf planets.