SOLAR SYSTEM

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SOLAR SYSTEM
There are 9 PLANETS in our Solar System:

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter
  6. Saturn
  7. Uranus
  8. Neptune
  9. Pluto (Now Pluto has been excluded)
  • MERCURY is the nearest to the sun.it is the smallest and the hottest one.
  • PLUTO is farther from the sun. It is coldest one and farther from the earth also.
  • JUPITER is the biggest one. It is 10 times bigger than the earth.
  • VENUS is the nearest to the earth and the brightest one among the nine planets.
  • MARS is the reddest planet. It is in the fourth place from the sun.
  • SATELLITE means a thing that moves around a plant. Therefore are two types of Satellites: (A) Natural (b) Man-made.
Planet No.of Satellites
Mercury 0
Venus 0
Earth 1
Mars 2
Jupiter 16
Saturn above 22
Uranus 12
Neptune 8
The Sun In Brief
  1. The Sun is a star.
  2. It is 15 crore miles above the earth.
  3. The temperature on the sun is 6000 degrees.
  4. It is the hottest possible ball.
The Moon In Brief
  1. It is a Natural Satellite.
  2. It is 3,84,000 miles above the earth.
  3. It is the nearest neighbor of the earth.
  4. It is about 1/4 of the size of the earth.