1 Mars â Sometimes called the red planet and the brother of Earth. 2  Mars is the closest planet to the Earth. 3  Jupiter â The largest planet in the Solar System. 4  Saturn â Sixth planet from the Sun.
1 When talking about a general direction, the word is often not capitalised, example: the north side of the house. 2  Place names are capitalised: East Sussex, West Virginia, South Africa.  In other cases, adjectives and nouns normally begin with small letters: Go south for three miles, then go east for another three miles.
Obviously, when the directional term is part of a current or historical proper name â for example, North Dakota and West Germany, respectively â capitalization is nonnegotiable. But many lesser-known geographical designations arenât as obvious. Hereâs a rundown of some examples:etsey: The Chicago Manual of Style is unequivocal about capitalizing the word state: As with city, capitalize it in a phrase such as âthe State of Californiaâ only when referring to that government entity.