Category: Planets
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Mercury – the densest planet after the earth
Mercury is the densest planet after the earth. It has 85% of its metallic core while it is the smallest planet in the solar system. Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar system and the closest to the Sun. It takes 87.97 Earth days to complete an orbit around the sun. It is the fastest orbiting the sun amongst all […]
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Jupiter the Giant planet of the solar family
JUPITER ‘The Giant Planet’ Atmosphere of Jupiter Structure Orbit & Rotation Size and volume The Top four big Moons of Jupiter’s Io Europa Ganymede Callisto How did Jupiter save the Earth from Asteroids? Comparison between the Earth & the Jupiter. The Diamonds rain in the Jupiter JUPITER Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar […]
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Mars the Red Planet
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and the second planet nearest the earth after Mercury. It is also the second smallest planet after mercury in our solar system. It is often referred to as mars the Red Planet. When astronauts see it from space found a reddish color outside the mars atmosphere and resulted in red views. Two moons are existing from mars Phobos (FOE-bohs) and Deimos (DEE-mohs). They’re potato-shaped because they have too little mass for gravity to make them spherical.
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Titan | the earth like atmosphere |
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and the second largest in the solar system (after Ganymede of Jupiter). It was discovered by cristiaan Huygens in 25th March 1655. It is the only moon in the solar system with clouds and a dense, planet-like atmosphere. Scientists think conditions on Titan are similar to Earth’s early years . According to NASA, […]
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Pluto a dwarf planets
Pluto a dwarf planets is in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was the first and the largest Kuiper belt object to be discovered. After Pluto was discovered in 1930, it was declared to be the ninth planet from the Sun. Composition & structure Atmospheric composition: Methane, nitrogen. […]