There is nothing more important than home. But, what home? You live somewhere, but where? You live on Earth, and as we stretch out, we realize that home becomes a little bigger. Now we find that we are actually living in an amazing place. As you read every word of this article, you will discover more about our Solar System.



We stand on Earth, which is our home. The Earth is a green and blue planet. The blue aspect being our sky, which occurs when light hits Earth and is reflected.

Our Earth is a magnificent place full of beauty and splendor. In our entire Solar System, our Earth seems to be the only one with life.

As you read this article, you will discover:

* What Is Our Solar System

* Inner And Outer Planets

* In A Universe Of Beauty And Splendor

* What Is Our Solar System

Our Solar System is a system, which is made up of our Sun, which is the power source that gives life to Earth, and allows the Solar System to function. There is our Sun, and 9 planets.

Fact: The name of our solar system is the Solar System.

The planets in our Solar System are (in this order) - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. As a note, Pluto is not really classed as a planet, but rather as a dwarf planet, as it is so small.

* Inner And Outer Planets

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars make up the inner planets. These are planets which are solid.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto make up the outer planets. The outer planets are characteristic of being a gas based planet. Some such as Jupiter are many times larger than Earth. In fact if you took all the planets, and crunched them together, and then times it by 2, you would have the size of Jupiter!

Something to note, is that Pluto is not gas. As it is so far away, it is like a barren rock. It is so small, and far away that most telescopes can't see it!

* In A Universe Of Beauty And Splendor

If we look out of our Solar System, we will find many other systems which make up our Milky Way galaxy. And the universe is made up of a countless number of these galaxies. We live in a vase universe of beauty and splendor.

* How To Reach The Planets And Stars

Forget trying to travel to these planets. It would take a long time before NASA makes NASA Vacations on our Moon!

Instead you can bring our Universe to you! All you need is a small telescope - such as a Meade, Celestron or Orion telescopes, and you can be viewing these planets from the comfort of your own home.