Our solar system has nine planets, Earth included. Counted from the Sun they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Al planets apart from Mercury and Venus are accompanied by one or more moons. Earth has only one, THE Moon.	This is what you see at a solar eclipse event.
The Sun, in fact a gigantic fireball.	The Sun is a star. Just like all other stars it exists mainly of hydrogen and helium. Its diameter is 1.392.000 kilometers. In its core the temperature is an amazing 15.000.000 degrees Celsius and at its surface still 6.000 degrees Celsius. Its total mass is about 1.990.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 kilograms.