Venus—Called the Evening Star. Brilliant straw in color. Has no moon.
Earth—Our own planet. Has one moon.
Uranus (pronounced Yew´-ra-nus)—Called Herschel’s planet. Pale green in color. Has five moons.
Neptune—The planet farthest away from the Sun. Has one moon.
Saturn—The planet with the rings. Its color is a dull yellow. Has ten moons.
Jupiter—The largest planet. He is marked with lines called belts. He has nine moons. Bright silver in color.
The Asteroids—A group of small planets, the largest of which is about 500 miles in diameter.
How to Know the Planets.—While it is not an easy thing to tell a planet from a star with the naked eye, still there are several ways of doing it.
First, always look for the planets along the path which the Sun and Moon travel. As all the planets are nearly in the same plane with the Sun and Moon they must all follow the same path across the sky.
Second, it is useful to remember that none of the planets, except Mercury, ever twinkle, unless they are very near the horizon.