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Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration 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 | Phobos – NASA Solar System Exploration It orbits Mars three times a day, and is so close to the planet's surface that in some locations on Mars it cannot always be seen Phobos is nearing Mars at a rate of six feet (1 8 meters) every hundred years; at that rate, it will either crash into Mars in 50 million years or break up into a ring
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; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids
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 and Saturn and the ice giants Uranus and Neptune have dozens of moons
Jupiter - NASA Solar System Exploration 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 — Jupiter has the shortest day in the solar system, taking about 9 9 hours to spin around once on its axis
In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration The leading theory of the Moon's origin is that a Mars-sized body collided with Earth about 4 5 billion years ago The resulting debris from both Earth and the impactor accumulated to form our natural satellite 239,000 miles (384,000 kilometers) away