Solar System
Of system and heliosphere.
The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field.
This concept's ID is @1~50023
Superior Planet
- Jupiter
The largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest...
- Mars
A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked...
- Neptune
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote...
- Pluto
A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit...
- Saturn
A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the...
- Uranus
A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green...
Terrestrial Planet
- world
The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he...
- Mercury
The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.
- Venus
The second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde...
Celestial Body
- planet
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around...
- minor planet
Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun.
Also contains
- outer planet
(astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn,...
- interplanetary medium
Interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust.
- sun
The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun...
- Kuiper belt
A disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune.