Our Home: The Solar System

The Solar System is our home in the middle of nearly empty space. This is an attempt to give the reader a simplified view and facts of our home. Please click the planet buttons on the left to visit each planet. Most of the contents and pictures on the right hand pages were borrowed from a very good Nasa's site Welcome to the Planets. The picture on this page (the Solar System as seen from Pluto on 2000-01-01) and the thumbnails on the left column (each planet as seen from the Earth on 1998-08-01 and the Earth as seen from the new moon on 1998-08-23) were created with Nasa's Solar System Simulator, which is worth experimenting with. - The planet rise and set times have been determined with the excellent SkyMap program. Return to Backyard Astronomy page.