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How Well Do You Know The Solar System?

Jupiter is the [largest planet](http://www.universetoday.com/65365/how-many-earths-can-fit-in-jupiter/) in the solar system. It has 1300 times the volume of the Earth. This gas giant is the fifth planet away from the sun and it's [named after](http://www.universetoday.com/65365/how-many-earths-can-fit-in-jupiter/) the king of the gods in Roman mythology.

The [correct order](http://www.universetoday.com/72305/order-of-the-planets-from-the-sun/) is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

There are [eight planets](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys) in our solar system.

The main asteroid belt is located between [Mars and Jupiter](http://www.space.com/16105-asteroid-belt.html). The belt contains billions of asteroids that could've potentially created another planet when the solar system was created.

As of 2006 Pluto is [no longer considered](http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-pluto-k4.html#.U_t4_7ywJH0) a planet. Pluto is now considered a cold dwarf planet.

The sun is [approximately 4.6 billion](http://www.universetoday.com/18847/life-of-the-sun/) years old.

Jupiter has [67 moons](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter), including the [four](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Display=Moons&Object=Jupiter) most recognizable and visible: Io, Callisto, Europe, Ganymede.

Uranus has a [lighter tint](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus) than Neptune. Another way to differentiate both is by looking for the great dark spot on [Neptune's](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune) surface.

There are [four gas giants](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=166) in the solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Saturn is the missing gas giant. 

[Mercury](http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury) is one of two planets that don't have any moons. The other planet without any moons is [Venus](http://www.universetoday.com/14250/does-venus-have-moons/).

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