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*The solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago
*For thousands of years humans were unaware of the Solar System and believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe.
*There are 5 dwarf planets
*There is an asteroid belt which lies between the orbits or Mars and Jupiter, it features a large number of irregular shaped asteroids.
*99.86% of the system’s mass is found in the Sun and the majority of the remaining 0.14% is contained within the solar system’s eight planets.

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The sun is the largest star in located in the center of our solar system.  The sun is just a big ball of gas that all of the planets orbit around.

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Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Mercury is 1 out of the 4 terrestrial planets. Since Mercury is terrestrial, it doesn't have rings. Unlike the others, Mercury doesn't have an atmosphere because it has a little bit of gas that is way thinner than the air at the surface of earth. One last difference Mercury has with the other planets other than Jupiter is that is has no moon.

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Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. It is also 1 out of the 4 planets that is terrestrial. Just like Mercury, Earth, and Mars; Venus doesn't have rings, but just like Mercury, Venus has no moons. Unlike Mercury, Venus is 1 out of the 3 terrestrial planets that have an atmosphere.

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Earth is the planet we live on. It is 1 out of the 4 terrestrial planets. Earth does not have rings around it just like Mercury,Venus, and Mars. Earth is 1 out of the 3 terrestrial planets that have an atmosphere. Starting with Earth, all of the planets after it has moons.

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Mars is the second smallest planet next to Mercury. Mars is the last terrestrial planet in out solar system. Just like Venus and Earth, Mars doesn't have rings, and has an atmosphere.

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Comets are made of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases. As a comet approaches the sun, solar heating starts to vaporize the ices, releasing gas that forms a diffuse luminous sphere, called the coma around the comet nucleus according to http://www.stargazing.net/David/comets/index.html. One of the most well known comets is Halley.

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Saturn is the planet known for its rings. Saturn has moons and an atmosphere just like the other gas giants.

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Neptune is the last hydrogen and gas giant in our solar system. Neptune has moons and an atmosphere just like the other gas giants.

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Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter starts off the gas giants. Out of the 4 of the gas giants all of them have rings. all of the gas giants also have moons.

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In our milky way we have 8 planets. The 8 planets are  specified into two groups, terrestrial and gaseous. If you look closely at the picture you can tell that there are small planets which are terrestrial and large planets which are gaseous. Another difference between the two groups of planets is that all of the gaseous have rings and the terrestrial don't.

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Uranus is a very cold planet. Uranus has moons and an atmosphere just like the other gas giants.

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The asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter. There has been 13,000 asteroids classified, but the main ones being monitored due to their orbits crossing earths orbit is

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Meteors and Meteorites are easily confused by many people. The difference between the two is that a meteorites strike the surface of a moon or planet, and a meteor burns in the atmosphere.