Our Solar System consists of the Sun and 8 planets: 1.Mercury (nearest to the sun) 2.Venus(Evening star, hottest planet) 3.Earth (Only living planet, blue planet) 4.Mars (the red planet) 5.Jupiter (largest planet in the solar system) 6.Saturn (a planet with rings) 7.Uranus(coldest planet) 8.Neptune (farthest to the sun)