What is the solar system

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 

The Solar System is made up of a star called the Sun and everything that travels or orbits nearby it  This includes eight planets and their Moons - Dwarf Planets - Asteroids - Comets - and Smaller Rock and Dust; The Solar System is one of many solar systems that exist in the universe

1 Comets:

Comets are cosmic snowballs of rock, ice, and dust  When one passes near to the Sun, it heats up and forms a tail ^

2 Gas planets:

The four planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune- are the largest planets in our galaxy They are mostly made of gas and spacecraft are unable to land on them:;

3 Asteroids:

Asteroids are lumps of rock and metal left over from when the Solar System first formed, Most can be found in the asteroid belt, which is located between the planets Mars and Jupiter

4 Rocky planets:

Closest to the Sun are the four rocky planets- Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars They all began their existence in the same way, but over time became very different worlds-;

Kuiper Belt:

This ring of icy rock lies beyond the path that Neptune follows around the Sun

5 Dwarf planets:

Dwarf planets, such as Pluto, also travel around the Sun, These worlds are smaller than the other planets Explorers think there may be dozens of undiscovered dwarf planets hiding in the Solar System:;

FACTS-

Explorers consider that the solar system started to grow 4.6 billion years ago was formed.