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Inferior and superior planets
In the
Solar System
,
Inferior planets
are the
planets
whose
orbits
lie within
Earth
's the orbit around the
Sun
:
Mercury
and
Venus
.
Superior planets
are the planets whose orbits lie outside Earth's orbit around the Sun:
Mars
,
Jupiter
,
Saturn
,
Uranus
,
Neptune
, and, historically, the former planet
Pluto
.
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