- The Nine Planets of The Solar System | Eight Planets Without Pluto
The Nine Planets is an encyclopedic overview with facts and information about mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system and beyond
- How Many Planets are in our Solar System? | Facts Amount
The closest planet to the Sun is Mercury, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the dwarf planet Pluto This is the order of the planets The smallest planet in our Solar System is Mercury, which is only one third the size of Earth, while the biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter, which is 11 times bigger
- The Planets In Order | From The Sun, Information, History Definition
The small planet has a diameter of 4 879 km 3 032 mi Venus The second closest planet to the Sun Venus is on average at a distance of 108 million km 67 million mi or 0 72 AU away from the Sun It is the hottest planet of the Solar system since its atmosphere keeps the temperatures almost consistently the same
- Earth Facts | Surface, Atmosphere, Satellites, History Definition
The realization that Earth is a planet, and a planet among many others was established “fairly” recently, in the 17 th century – this realization came through by the combined forces of ancient philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers Plato correctly deduced that the Earth is spherical but this idea would take root and be proven much
- Solar System Facts | Information, Size, History and Definition
Sun and large planet comparison (from Extrema) 15k jpg; Earth and small body comparison (from Extrema) 13k jpg; Voyager 1 mosaic of the solar system from 4 billion miles out 36k jpg; html Voyager 1 images of 6 planets from 4 billion miles out 123k jpg; html; Pale Blue Dot, reflections on the above image by Carl Sagan
- Venus Facts | Surface, Atmosphere, Moons, History Definition
Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun, at a distance of 108 2 million km 67 24 mi or 0 7 AU receiving the sun’s light in 6 minutes Venus has a radius of 6 051 km or 3 760 miles and a diameter of 12 104 km or 7 521 mi, slightly smaller than Earth
- The Nine Planets Glossary
A superior planet is “in conjunction” when it is on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth A superior planet obviously cannot have an inferior conjunction When the Earth is at inferior conjunction with respect to an observer on a superior planet we say that planet is “in opposition” from Earth’s perspective (nice diagram
- Saturn Facts | Surface, Atmosphere, Moons, History Definition
The rings of Saturn together with the planet itself can fit in the distance between the Earth and the Moon It is the most oblate planet in the Solar System, with its equatorial diameter of 120 536 km 74 897 mi, being greater than the planet's polar diameter of 108,728 km 67 560 mi If viewed from a small telescope it appears flattened
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