What is the Solar System like? The Earth is located in the Solar System, within the Milky Way. The Solar System consists of the Sun, eight planets, dwarf planets and smaller objects such as asteroids and comets. The Solar System Earth Venus Saturn orbit asteroid belt comet Kuiper belt The Sun The Sun is a star. It is is roughly spherical in shape. The planets, asteroids and comets orbit the Sun. It is much, much bigger than the Earth. It provides the heat and light that make life possible on Earth. Planets Planets are large, spherical celestial bodies. They travel around a star in a curved path called an orbit. There are eight planets in the Solar System: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Satellites are objects in orbit around a planet. The Moon is the Earth's natural satellite. 90 · n i n e t y
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