Solar System - Free Printable

- The Sun is a star at the center of our solar system, primarily composed of hydrogen and helium.
- Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and has the shortest orbital period, taking 88 Earth days to complete one orbit.
- Venus is the second planet from the Sun and takes 224 Earth days to orbit it.
- Earth is the third planet from the Sun and takes 365 days to complete one orbit, which defines one Earth year.
- Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and takes 687 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
- Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and takes 11.8 Earth years to complete one orbit.
- Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and takes 29.6 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and takes 84.3 Earth years to complete one orbit.
- Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun and takes 165 Earth years to orbit it.
- The farther a planet is from the Sun, the longer its orbital period due to the greater distance it must travel and the weaker gravitational pull it experiences.