Terrestrial and Giant Planets in order from the Sun Terrestrial Planets Terrestrial planets include the four closest planets to the Sun located between the Sun and the asteroid belt; Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Astronomers who use the geophysical definition of a planet would also include the...
Mercury (Greek god name Hermes) was the messenger god. That the innermost planet was named after a god that had to be swift on foot is no accident, because from the vantage point of Earth, Mercury, with its small orbit (43 million miles from the sun) and consequently short year (88 d...
and provides the meaning/derivation for each name. The planets are in order of the date of discovery. Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Asteroids | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Dwarf Planets This page shows information about planetary bodies...
The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and then the possible Planet Nine. The solar system stretches outward from the sun, passing the four inner planets, thro...
Jupiter(木星) is the largest planet of the family. It was named after the most important god in Roman mythology. Saturn(土星) was the Roman name for the god of farming, the father of Jupiter. Uranus(天王星) was named after the Greek god of the sky. ...
a virtual world. but there’s a small process before you can start naming every mutant duck after your idiot cousin. here’s how you can name planets and animals you discover in no man’s sky . fix your analysis visor in order to register previously undiscovered fauna in no man’s sky...
The Planets In Order Did you ever recite the old phrase, “My very educated mother just served us nachos?” That saying can help you remember the order of the planets from closest to farthest from the Sun:Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune. The first letter of each word...
The four inner planets are called terrestrial planets because their surfaces are solid (and, as the name implies, somewhat similar to Earth — although the term can be misleading because each of the four has vastly different environments). They’re made up mostly of heavy metals such as iron...
When another three planets were discovered in more recent times - namely Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, they were also given the names of Graeco-Roman gods, continuing the earlier tradition. Uranus is the only one of the major planets which retains the name of a Greek god (Ouranos) - this is...
Original Greek name: Phaethon ("glittering one") Greek god: Zeus (Image)Apparent Magnitude: -2.9 to -1.6 Jupiter taken by the HST (1995) (Image)Jupiter appears bright white and is a very obvious sight in the night sky. Like Venus, it can be seen in twilight, and it always shines ...