Known as natural satellites they orbit planets dwarf planets asteroids and other debris.
Most planets in our solar system.
Earth the only planet in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.
The fifth planet from the sun jupiter is a giant gas world that is the most massive planet in our solar system more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined according to nasa.
Venus venus thick atmosphere makes it the hottest planet in our solar system.
Mars mars was a wet and warm planet billions of years ago.
More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system.
Most of the planets in the solar system have secondary systems of their own being orbited by planetary objects called natural satellites or moons two of which titan and ganymede are larger than the planet mercury and in the case of the four giant planets by planetary rings thin bands of tiny particles that orbit them in unison.
Scientists investigate diamond planets unlike anything in our solar system a new experiment shows some exoplanets may be full of earth s most wanted gemstone.