This document lists the eight planets in our solar system, providing their order from the sun, diameter, average temperature, length of day and year, number of satellites, and namesake Roman god. It ranks the planets by distance from the sun and relative size. Mercury is first and Neptune is eighth on the list, which also notes basic facts about each planet in a simple table format.

1. Number
Position Named
SOLAR Distance of
in the Average Average Average after the
SYSTEM from the Diameter volume temperature satellites Colour Curiosities
day year Roman
PLANETS Sun ranking and
God of…
names
1st Mercury
2nd Venus
3rd Earth
4th Mars
5th Jupiter
6th Saturn
7th Uranus
8th Neptune
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