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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
The Sun By the Numbers – NASA Solar System Exploration The Sun is the star at the heart of our solar system Its gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything – from the biggest planets to the smallest bits of debris – in its orbit
In Depth | Asteroids – NASA Solar System Exploration The orbits of asteroids can be changed by Jupiter's massive gravity – and by occasional close encounters with Mars or other objects These encounters can knock asteroids out of the main belt, and hurl them into space in all directions across the orbits of the other planets