MEET THE PLANETS
Swipe through the Solar System
03 / 08
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PLANET 1 · ROCKYMercury
A year here is shorter than a day: 88 days to circle the Sun, 176 days from one sunrise to the next.
Explore Mercury → - FROM THE SUN
- 58 million km
- WIDTH
- 0.38 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 176 Earth days
- ONE YEAR
- 88 days
- KNOWN MOONS
- 0
- AXIS TILT
- 0°
PLANET 2 · ROCKYVenus
Hot enough to melt lead under its clouds, at about 465 °C. It also spins backwards.
Explore Venus → - FROM THE SUN
- 108 million km
- WIDTH
- 0.95 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 243 Earth days, backwards
- ONE YEAR
- 225 days
- KNOWN MOONS
- 0
- AXIS TILT
- 177°, upside down
PLANET 3 · ROCKY · YOU ARE HEREEarth
The only world we know of with life on it. Including you.
Explore Earth → - FROM THE SUN
- 150 million km
- WIDTH
- 12,756 km
- ONE DAY
- 24 hours
- ONE YEAR
- 365 days
- KNOWN MOONS
- 1
- AXIS TILT
- 23.4°
PLANET 4 · ROCKYMars
Home to Olympus Mons, a volcano about two and a half times the height of Everest.
Explore Mars → - FROM THE SUN
- 228 million km
- WIDTH
- 0.53 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 24 h 37 min
- ONE YEAR
- 687 days
- KNOWN MOONS
- 2
- AXIS TILT
- 25.2°
PLANET 5 · GAS GIANTJupiter
So big that all the other planets would fit inside it, with room to spare.
Explore Jupiter → - FROM THE SUN
- 778 million km
- WIDTH
- 11.2 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 9 h 56 min
- ONE YEAR
- 11.9 years
- KNOWN MOONS
- 101
- AXIS TILT
- 3.1°
PLANET 6 · GAS GIANTSaturn
Light enough to float in water, with rings 282,000 km wide and only about 10 m thick.
Explore Saturn → - FROM THE SUN
- 1.43 billion km
- WIDTH
- 9.4 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 10 h 33 min
- ONE YEAR
- 29.4 years
- KNOWN MOONS
- 293
- AXIS TILT
- 26.7°
PLANET 7 · ICE GIANTUranus
It rolls around the Sun on its side, tipped over at 98°.
Explore Uranus → - FROM THE SUN
- 2.87 billion km
- WIDTH
- 4.0 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 17 h 14 min, backwards
- ONE YEAR
- 84 years
- KNOWN MOONS
- 29
- AXIS TILT
- 98°, on its side
PLANET 8 · ICE GIANTNeptune
The windiest planet: its clouds race along at more than 2,000 km/h.
Explore Neptune → - FROM THE SUN
- 4.5 billion km
- WIDTH
- 3.9 × Earth
- ONE DAY
- 16 h 6 min
- ONE YEAR
- 165 years
- KNOWN MOONS
- 16
- AXIS TILT
- 28.3°
Showing Earth, planet 3 of 8.
