Come on a voyage through the solar system and discover the size, orbits, rotations, moons, and other fascinating facts about the Sun and the eight planets orbiting it. This clip also describes some of the spacecraft and missions that have provided us with all the information we know about the solar system and its planetary inhabitants.

Originally released by Video Education America (VEA), 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 30, 2018.

Introduction: Exploring Our Solar System (2:43); --The Sun (1:01); -- Mercury: The Swiftest Planet (1:41); -- Venus: The Hottest Planet (1:43); -- Earth: Our Home and Our Moon (2:38); -- Mars: The Red Planet (2:27); -- Asteroid Belt and Jupiter: King of the Planets (2:38); -- Saturn: Jewel of our Solar System (1:57); -- Uranus: The Sideways Planet (1:41); -- Neptune: The Windiest Planet and Pluto (4:05); -- Credits: Exploring Our Solar System (0:07);.