Category Archives: Planets

  Saturn is another “Gas Giant” like Jupiter, although not quite as big. Nevertheless, Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System and is huge compared to Earth. It has a diameter of around 75,000 miles at the … Continue reading →

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. It averages about 36 million miles from it. This figure is very much an average because interestingly, Mercury has a notably elliptical orbit. Its distance from the Sun varies from about 28 … Continue reading →

Venus from Pioneer (credit NASA) Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun. It is 67 million miles from the Sun. Venus’ orbit is almost circular as the eccentricity of the ellipse is very small. Each orbit takes 225 … Continue reading →