...and constantly increases by new discoveries. In their order of distance from the Sun the principal planets are : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The orbits of the asteroids are comprised between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. When the principal planets...

...satellites, together with a numerous family of smaller members known as asteroids or planetoids. The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The asteroids revolve in a ring between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the four largest of the group being...

...among the stars. Size and motion of the planets. In the order of their distance from the sun, the eight major planets are : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Of the first four, the earth is the largest, but each of the second four is very much larger than the...

...receive the direct rays of the sun at different periods. George Westinghouse (1846-1914). The eight planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,...Neptune. The mean distance from the earth to the sun is 92,897,400 miles. The Diesel engine, invented in 1900. George Washington Goethals William Harvey (1578-1657)....

...eight planets in the solar system. Starting from the planet nearest the sun and going outward, the planets are Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The four innermost planets are relatively small and rocky. The outer four planets are relatively large...