Know the planet Venus, our Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. Why the surface of Venus is so hot? Why it rotates in the backward direction?
Category: Astronomy
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Planet Earth
Earth seems to be the only planet that supports life in the solar system. How life started 3.8 billion year ago on Earth is a big mystery.
Planet Mars
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, is our closest planetary neighbor like Venus. The other name of Mars is ‘the red planet’.
Asteroid Belt
Asteroids are pulverized remnants of building blocks of a planet that failed to form. Asteroid-belt is between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter.
Planet Jupiter
Jupiter, largest of all the planets in our solar system, is composed of hydrogen and helium, and most of it is in the form of liquid hydrogen.
Planet Saturn
Saturn, the sixth planet, is the second largest planet. It is a gas giant, and mostly composed of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter.
Planet Uranus
Uranus is an ice giant, and is the third largest in the solar system. Twenty-seven small moons and thirteen faint rings orbit Uranus.
Planet Neptune
Neptune, an ice giant, is the farthest planet in the solar system. It was discovered in 1846. Neptune is not visible to the naked eye.
Dwarf Pluto
Pluto was discovered in 1930 and was considered the 9th planet of the solar system. However, in 2006 it was classified as a dwarf planet.
Planet Mercury
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is the smallest planet in our solar system. It is only slightly larger than our Earth’s moon.