1. The solar system is home to eight planets, with Mercury being the smallest and Neptune being the farthest from the sun.
2. Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, has a storm called the Great Red Spot that has been raging for over 300 years.
3. Saturn's rings are made up of billions of ice particles ranging in size from a grain of sand to as large as a house.
4. Uranus and Venus are the only two planets in the solar system that rotate in a clockwise direction.
5. The surface temperatures on Mercury can reach up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and drop to -290 degrees Fahrenheit at night.
6. Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, which is more than 13 miles high - nearly three times the height of Mount Everest.
7. Pluto was considered the ninth planet in our solar system until 2006 when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
8. The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter and is home to thousands of rocky objects, the largest being Ceres.
9. The sun makes up 99.8% of the total mass of the entire solar system, with Jupiter making up most of the remaining mass.
10. There may be a ninth planet in the solar system, referred to as Planet Nine, that is estimated to be ten times the mass of Earth and orbits the sun from a distance of 20 times further than Neptune.