Sun and its planets Artwork of the eight planets of the solar system arrayed from top to bottom in their order from the Sun at left The size of the Sun and planets is to scale The four small rocky planets of the inner solar system are Mercury Venus Earth and Mars The four large gas giant planets of the outer solar system are Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune In August Pluto not shown became a Dwarf planet Planetary rings and moons and a solar flare are also shown The Sun contains of the mass of the solar system
