Venus Is The Second-Closest: Planet Sun Venus Roman Goddess Moon Apparent Magnitude Inferior Planet Earth Elongation

Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun,
orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is

named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and
beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural
object in the night sky, reaching an apparent
magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows.
Because Venus is an inferior planet from Earth, it
never appears to venture far from the Sun:
its elongation reaches a maximum of 47.8°. Venus
reaches its maximum brightness shortly before
sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it is
often called the Morning Star or theEvening Star.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the

second largest planet in the Solar System,
after Jupiter. Saturn, along with
Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as agas
giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes
referred to as the Jovian, meaning "Jupiter-like",
planets
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and

the largest planet within the Solar System.[13] It is
a gas giant with a mass slightly less than one-
thousandth of the Sun but is two and a half times the
mass of all the other planets in our Solar System
combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along
with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Together, these
four planets are sometimes referred to as
the Jovian planets.
earth (or the Earth) is the third planet from

the Sun, the fifth-largest and the densest of the eight
planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of
the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is
sometimes referred to as the World, the Blue Planet,
[note 7]
or by its Latin name,Terra.[note 8]
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar

System. The planet is named after theRoman god of
war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet",
as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it
a reddish appearance.[11] Mars is a terrestrial
planet with a thinatmosphere, having surface
features reminiscent both of the impact craters of
the Moon and the volcanoes, valleys, deserts,
and polar ice caps of Earth. Mars’ rotational
period and seasonalcycles are likewise similar to
those of Earth. Mars is the site of Olympus Mons, the
highest known mountain in the Solar System, and
of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon. The
smoothBorealis basin in the northern hemisphere
covers 40% of the planet and may be a giant impact
feature.[12][13] Unlike Earth, Mars is now geologically
and tectonically inactive.
neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from

the Sun in our Solar System. Named for theRoman
god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by
diameter and the third-largest by mass. Neptune is
17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more
massive than its near-twinUranus, which is 15 Earth
masses and not as dense.[12] On average, Neptune
orbits the Sun at of the god Neptune's trident.
Jupiter is the largest of the nine planets, more than
10 times the diameter of Earth and more than 300
times its mass. In fact, the mass of Jupiter is almost
2.5 times that of all the other planets combined.
Being composed largely of the light elements
hydrogen and helium, its mean density is only 1.314
times that of water. The mean density of Earth is
5.245 times that of water. The pull of gravity on
Jupiter at the top of the clouds at the equator is 2.4
times as great as gravity's pull at the surface of
Earth at the equator. The bulk of Jupiter rotates once
in 9 hours, 55.5 minutes, although the period
determined by watching cloud features differs by up
to five minutes due to intrinsic cloud motions.
Mercury has a very elliptical (oval-shaped) orbit. At perihelion (at

its closest point) it is about 4Saturn is the
sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest
planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn,
along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified
as agas giant. Together, these four planets are
sometimes referred to as the Jovian, meaning
"Jupiter-like", planets.6 million km (2Mercury has a
very elliptical (oval-shaped) orbit. At perihelion (at its
closest point) it is about 46 million km (28.58 million miles)
from the Sun, but at aphelion (at its farthest point) it is 70
million km. Mercury is about 77.3 million km (48 million miles)
from Earth at its closest approach. Mercury is not easily seen
from Earth due to its small angular separation from the Sun.
Mercury moves around the sun faster than any other planet.
Mercury travels about 48 km (30 miles) per second and it takes
88 Earth days to orbit the sun. The Earth goes around the sun
once every 365 days (one year).8.58 million miles) from the Sun,
but at aphelion (at its farthest point) it is 70 million km. Mercury
is about 77.3 million km (48 million miles) from Earth at its
closest approach. Mercury is not easily seen from Earth due to its
small angular separation from the Sun. Mercury moves around the
sun faster than any other planet. Mercury travels about 48 km
(30 miles) per second and it takes 88 Earth days to orbit th

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Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun,

orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and

earth (or the Earth) is the third planet from

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar

neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from

Mercury has a very elliptical (oval-shaped) orbit. At perihelion (at

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