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The solar
system consists of a sun and all the objects those are
revolving around it. The objects revolving around it
includes
1.
9 planets
(Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto) along with their satellites (moons) that
travel around planets.
2.
Asteroids
which are planet like objects.
3.
Chunks of
iron and stone called meteoroids.
4.
Bodies
made of dust and foreign gases known as Comets.
5.
Drifting
particles called interplanetary dust and electrically
charged gas called plasma.
The sun contains 99.85% of all the matter of the solar
system.
Sun:
Diameter: 1,384,000 km
Age: 4.5
billion years
Distance
from the earth: 149.8 km
Core
temperature: 15,000,000k
Satellites: 9 planets
Density:
1.41 g/cm3
Mercury
(god of commerce, eloquence and skill):
Diameter: 4,849 km
Moons: none
Density: 5.43 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 57.6 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 88 days
Venus
(goddess of spring, beauty and bloom):
Diameter: 12,032 km
Moons: none
Density: 5.24 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 107.52 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 225 days
Earth:
Diameter: 12,739 km
Moons: 1
Density: 5.52 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 149.8 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 365 days
Mars
(god of
war):
Diameter: 6,755 km
Moons: 2 (Phobos, Deimos)
Density: 3.93 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 225.6 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 687 days
Jupiter
(ruler of gods and all men):
Diameter: 141,968 km
Moons: 16
Density: 1.33 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 772.8 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 11.86 years
It is
considered as the largest planet of the solar system.
Saturn
(god of agriculture):
Diameter: 119,296 km
Moons: 30
Density: 0.69 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 1,417.6 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 29.46 years
It is the
second largest planet of the solar system. The rings around
the Saturn are composed of thousands of rippling, spiraling
bands of icy rocks and dust.
Uranus
(god of heaven):
Diameter: 52,096 km
Moons: 21
Density: 1.32 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 2,852.8 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 84.01 years
Neptune
(god of the sea):
Diameter: 49,000 km
Moons: 8
Density: 1.64 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 4,497 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 164.80 years
Pluto
(god of underworld and death):
Diameter: 3,040 km
Moons: 1 (Charon)
Density: 2.06 g/cm3
Distance from the sun: 5,865.6 million km
Time to orbit the sun: 247.70 years
Pluto is
considered as the smallest, the farthest, the darkest and
the coldest planet of the solar system
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