Earth 3D Model – NASA Solar System Exploration
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In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; …
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Of the terrestrial (rocky) planets of the inner solar system, neither Mercury nor Venus have any moons at all, Earth has one and Mars has its two small moons. In the outer solar system, the gas giants Jupiter …
Jupiter - NASA Solar System Exploration
Jan 13, 2026 · Facts About Jupiter Jupiter is the largest and oldest planet in our solar system. If Jupiter was a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside. But the "King of Planets" is no lumbering giant — …
Europa By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · Europa is one of the largest of Jupiter’s more than 90 moons. It's the sixth-closest moon to the planet.
In Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration
Earth is similar in that respect as well; craters on our planet are erased by the relentless forces of flowing liquid (water, in Earth's case), wind, and the recycling of the crust via plate tectonics. These …
By the Numbers | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
The distance from the center of an object to its equator. The outer or uppermost part of a planet, moon, asteroid, comet or other body. The gravitational acceleration experienced at its surface at the …
In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration
It’s about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from Earth and it’s our solar system’s only star. Without the Sun’s energy, life as we know it could not exist on our home planet. From our vantage …
The Sun By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration
Oct 21, 2025 · SURFACE AREA The outer or uppermost part of a planet, moon, asteroid, comet or other body. 2,347,017,636,988 square miles 196,936,994 square miles