Kapangidwe kabokosi kameneka kanatengera lingaliro la mapulaneti mu mlalang'amba, kuphatikiza lingaliro mu Taoism, Tao amabala m'modzi, wina amabereka awiri, awiri amabereka atatu, atatu amabala chilichonse.M’Chitao, dziko linapangidwa kuchokera ku zinthu zisanu, golidi, nkhuni, madzi, moto, ndi dziko lapansi.Zinthu zisanuzi ndi mayina achi China a mapulaneti asanu, omwe ndi golide wa pulaneti ndi Venus, matabwa a pulaneti ndi Jupiter, madzi a pulaneti ndi Mercury, moto wa pulaneti ndi Mars, dziko lapansi ndi Saturn.Zithunzi za mapulanetiwa zimayikidwa m'mabotolo, chifukwa cha mantha a chilengedwe.Botololo limapangidwa ndi mphete za concave-convex, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuzigwira.

Venus ali ndi mpweya wochuluka, wapoizoni wodzazidwa ndi mpweya woipa ndipo nthawi zonse umakhala wokutidwa ndi mitambo yachikasu ya sulfuric acid yomwe imagwira kutentha, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kutentha kuwonongeke.Ndilo planeti lotentha kwambiri mu mapulaneti athu ozungulira mapulaneti, ngakhale kuti Mercury ili pafupi ndi Dzuwa.Venus ili ndi mpweya wosweka pamwamba pake - kuwirikiza ka 90 kuposa padziko lapansi - mofanana ndi kuthamanga komwe mungakumane nako mtunda wa kilomita pansi pa nyanja pa Dziko Lapansi.

Lachisanu pamzere kuchokera ku Dzuwa, Jupiter ndiye, kutali kwambiri, pulaneti lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa mapulaneti ena onse ataphatikizidwa.

Mikwingwirima yodziwika bwino ya Jupiter ndi mitambo yozizira, yamphepo ya ammonia ndi madzi, yoyandama mumlengalenga wa hydrogen ndi helium.Malo odziwika bwino a Jupiter's Great Red Spot ndi chimphepo chachikulu chokulirapo kuposa Dziko Lapansi chomwe chaphulika kwa zaka mazana ambiri.

Pulaneti laling'ono kwambiri m'dongosolo lathu la mapulaneti komanso pafupi ndi Dzuwa, Mercury ndi yayikulu pang'ono kuposa Mwezi wapadziko lapansi.Kuchokera pamwamba pa Mercury, Dzuwa likhoza kuwoneka lalikulu kuwirikiza katatu kuposa momwe limawonekera kuchokera pa Dziko Lapansi, ndipo kuwala kwa dzuŵa kukanakhala kuwirikiza kasanu ndi kawiri.Ngakhale kuti ili pafupi ndi Dzuwa, Mercury si pulaneti lotentha kwambiri m'dongosolo lathu la dzuŵa - mutuwo ndi wa Venus wapafupi, chifukwa cha mlengalenga wake wowundana.

Dziko lachinayi kuchokera ku Dzuwa, Mars ndi dziko lafumbi, lozizira, lachipululu lomwe lili ndi mpweya wochepa kwambiri.Pulaneti lamphamvu limeneli lili ndi nyengo, madzi oundana a m’mphepete mwa nyanja, zigwa, mapiri amene anaphulika, ndipo pali umboni wosonyeza kuti m’mbuyomo munali mapiri ambiri.

Saturn ndi pulaneti lachisanu ndi chimodzi kuchokera ku Dzuwa komanso lachiwiri lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.Zokongoletsedwa ndi zikwi zokongola za mphete, Saturn ndi yapadera pakati pa mapulaneti.Si pulaneti lokhalo limene lili ndi mphete—zopangidwa ndi zidutswa za ayezi ndi miyala—koma palibe imene ili yochititsa chidwi kapena yovuta kwambiri ngati ya Saturn.