Our Solar System

Our Solar System 

The Solar System includes Sun, Meteorite, Astroids, Planets, Dwarf planets and the Kuiper belt.

The Planets

There were 9 planets in our Solar System. The 9th planet, Pluto, was discovered as a dwarf planet by a group of scientists at the Lowell Observatory including Clyde Tombaugh.

Dwarf Planets

Dwarf planets are small planets. I dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. Its name is Ceres. Most of the dwarf planets are TNOs (trans-neptunian object).

Here is the picture of the 5 Dwarf Planets from wikipedia

Here is the picture of trans-neptunian objects

Meteorite

A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid

Kuiper Belt

Kuiper belt is at the very edge of our solar system. It contains largely of frozen volatiles (termed "ices"), such as methane, ammonia and water.

Asteroid belt solar system image from shutter stock