Solar System

Sun

Comet

Asteroids

The Solar System is the Sun and all the planets,comets and asteroids thatorbit around it.

The planets of the Solar SystemEight planets orbit around the sun.

Planets follow a path when they orbit around the sun

path

Mercury Venus Earth

Mars

These are the closest planets to the sun.

The Closest

planets

Jupiter Saturn Uranus

Neptune

These are the farthest planets to the Sun.

They are bigger than the other planets.

The farthest planets to the sun smalll

big

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjQJMeq7_Pk&NR=1

There are also dwarf planetslike Pluto.

Pluto

The solar system is the sun and the other celestial bodies that orbit around it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDpVCsMkrQ0&feature=relate

The moon

The moon is a natural satellite that orbits around the Earth.

It takes 28 days to go all the way around our planet.

Phases of the moon.

New moon First quarter moon

Full moon Last quarter moon