What are the 8 planets in order from the sun?
Daniel Johnson
Published Mar 14, 2026
What are the 8 planets in order from the sun?
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.
What are the 11 planets in order?
Order Of the Planets From The Sun
- Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. An easy mnemonic for remembering the order is “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles.”
- Mercury:
- Venus:
- Earth:
- Mars:
- Jupiter:
- Saturn:
- Uranus:
What are the 9 planets we have?
List of the 9 Planets in order from the sun
- Mercury.
- Venus.
- Earth.
- Mars.
- Jupiter.
- Saturn.
- Uranus.
- Neptune.
Is there a planet 11?
From 1930 to 2006, the ninth planet was Pluto, with both Eris and Haumea later laying claim to being a tenth planet. Today, if counting the “dwarf planets” as planets, the eleventh planet from the Sun would be Haumea….Eleventh planet.
| 1 | Mercury |
|---|---|
| 9 | Jupiter |
| 10 | Saturn |
| 11 | Uranus |
Is there a planet 10?
Because Eris was initially thought to be larger than Pluto, it was described as the “tenth planet” by NASA and in media reports of its discovery.
Can moons have moon?
Planets orbit stars and moons orbit planets, so it was natural to ask if smaller moons could orbit larger ones. So far at least, no submoons have been found orbiting any of the moons considered most likely to support them – Jupiter’s moon Callisto, Saturn’s moons Titan and Iapetus and Earth’s own moon.
What planet has 16 hours in a day?
Neptune
Not long after Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846, scientists have managed to calculate the exact length of one day on the distant gas giant planet.
