There are many interesting facts about the planets. They are classified in two different categories, which is either a Terrestrial Planet or a Gas Giant. Take Mercury for example, it is one of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System. Also, Mercury may contain ice, it slowly rotates around the Sun so it exposes all of it sides to the Sun’s strong rays, so it’s hard to visualize whether the ice remains solid. Mars has various aspects of its own; some scientists discovered that this planet has water upon its surface. This discovery was encountered by the NASA’s spacecraft Odyssey.
The hottest planet is Venus, though Mercury is the closest to the Sun. Venus atmosphere traps the heat from the Sun, like a greenhouse effect and absorbs it. The temperature on Venus is 465 C. Jupiter is the biggest planet and it also rotates the fastest It two and a half times massive than all the other planets and made up of gases that’s why it’s known as the “gas giant”.
Earth has a magnetic field that is so strong that its forces reach thousands of kilometers from Earth’s surface to the magnetosphere. Because of the magnetosphere, life can exist on our planet. Saturn is famous for its rings, which can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Also, Saturn has 62 moons, a few are large, but most of them are tiny. Uranus is the second furthest planet from the sun, so it’s the second coldest planet in our solar system. It is also the only planet to rotate on its side. Neptune has the fastest winds of any of the eight planets, which reach up to at least 2,100 kilometers per hour. The force of gravity on Neptune is almost the same as you feel walking on Earth. As you can see, each planet in our solar system has something different to offer and are full o...
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...reason why Earth and the moon aren’t considered a twin planet.
The Sun is located at the center of our solar system and is orbited by eight major planets in our solar system which includes: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto even though it’s not considered a planet. The sun consists of 99.86% of the mass in the solar system. Also, due to its size, heat, and chemical makeup, it’s a medium-sized star and classified as a G2 dwarf. Based on the average lifespan of a G2 star, the current age of the sun is predicted to be 4.6 billion years.
After all the Hydrogen in the sun has been burned, the sun will carry on for about 130 million more years. During that time, it will extend to the point that it will absorb Mercury, Venus, and the Earth. After that, it will become a red giant. After its red giant chapter, the sun will give out.
Knowledge is everything, its what separates humans from animals. It allows us to question the world around us. Another key aspect that separates humans from animals is that each human is unique. We all have different beliefs and ideals that help us explain the infinite amount of questions that this universe has gifted us. In his lecture Christopher Viney goes over the many shifts in the origin of life and how each time there is a shift people start to adept to the new shift. So why are there times that people decide that one thing is right while not even looking at the other point of view?
because it is the most similar to Earth than the other planets. Here are some key facts on the
Our Sun continuously converts hydrogen into helium and with this process it provides the essentials for life processes. In doing this it controls “our climate, provides light, raises tides, and drives the food chain” (Schaefer 34). Our Sun also has influenced many beliefs now and in the past. History has documented Sun worshipping religions while many current societies use solar calendars (Schaefer 34).
One of the planets that were not eliminated was Mars. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Mars has two satellite moons orbiting it which are called Phobos and Deimos. They were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall. Temperatures on Mars range from -220 F to 70 F. The atmosphere contains CO2, N2, Ar2, O2 and H2O. Mars is often called the red planet because of its iron rich soil and distinct colour. (Arnett, 1994)
Magnetic Field: The Earth has a superior magnetic field due to a core consisting of iron and nickel. Currently the rotation of the Earth and its Coriolis effect help to create this pull of the tides from the oceans. The northern lights or lurora Borealis can be seen at various times in a mystifying view of beauty.
One of those similarities is that they both aren’t ideal for the life of organisms. Some of these characteristics are no oxygen, water, and plenty of things that are bad for life like carbon dioxide, and not having any plants. So there would be no food or water, and there is nothing for life forms to breath so it is nearly impossible for there to be living beings on both planets. Another similarity between mars and Saturn is that they both have longer years compared to Earth. Saturn and Mars have years that last way longer, Saturn has a year as long as 28 years on Earth which is much greater than Earth’s, and Mars has a year that is 687 Earth days long, which is about double an Earth year. Another example of a similarity between both of the planets is that both planets is that they both rotate on their axis. Though the degree they are on their axis are very different they both rotate on their axis to have day and night. Lastly a similarity between both planets is that they both are much colder than Earth. Saturn has an average of -288 degrees fahrenheit and Mars has an average of -88 degrees fahrenheit which is way colder than the temperature on Earth which the lowest we have in spring is 30 degrees fahrenheit. To conclude with both planets are very much alike and different at the same
Mars, the beautiful red planet, is the most similar planet to earth. The terrain in general is very close to what we are used to on earth, minus the vegetation. Earth and Mars both contain polar ice caps. Mars also has water throughout the planet, but it is mostly subsoil.
They sometimes overlap eachother in the sky, and are roughly potato-shaped. There are many gases on Mars like carbon dioxide, argon, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and a small amount of
Perhaps one of the most interesting features of our fathomless universe are the planets that are classified as gas giants. Huge, turbulent, and distant, the gas giants are some of the most enigmatic features in our Solar System. I have a personal interest to the gas giants and celestial bodies in general. When I was a child, I was fascinated by our Solar System. I read innumerable books about space, and my interests of outer space had been piqued further by other forms of media. Although I held this interest of space, growing up left me with little time to learn about space, and I lost interest for a while. Taking Earth Science in Milpitas High re-invigorated my interests in the celestial bodies. Using this class, I’m now able to focus on learning more about our colossal universe, in particular, the outer planets.
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest mass object in the solar system of all the other planets. Jupiter is twice the size of all the other planets combined. It is as 318 times the sizes of earth. The distance that Jupiter orbits the sun is 778,330,000 km (Gallant pp154). The diameter is 142,984 km and the mass that it has is 1.900e27 kg. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky after the Sun, the Moon and Venus. Mars is some times brighter. Galileo discovered Jupiter in 1610(Gallant); another interesting fact is that Jupiter has 4 large moons. Which are known as the Galilean moons. They were named Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The first mission that went to Jupiter was Pioneer 10 in 1973 and later by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2(Gallant). There is currently a spacecraft named Galileo that is currently in orbit around Jupiter and is sending data for the next two years. In Dec 7, 1995, Galileo probe entered the atmosphere at a rate of 106,000 mph and survived. Also in the upcoming years a probe will go around the moon Europa. We will be able to see if there is actually an ocean in that moon (National Geographic Jan 2000). Many scientist did not believe that it would make do to the gravity force which is 228 times that of Earth. Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are known as the gas planet they do not have a solid surface. Jupiter is made up of 90% hydrogen and 10% helium(Gallant). This is very close to the composition of the primor...
Saturn is one of the most interesting planets in the solar system. It is the sixth planet in the solar system, and is most famous for its stunning array of rings. It is a very easy planet to pick out in the sky because it is one of the brightest lights in the shy. It also has a very faint greenish color that makes it stand out from the rest of the objects in the sky (“Astronomy for Kids”). Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter being the only planet that is bigger. It also has at least eighteen moons, more than any other planet in the solar system. There have been three voyages to this extraordinary planet, and one is still in process today. The Pioneer II traveled to Saturn in September of 1979, the Voyager missions took place in the 1980’s and the Cassini probe began it’s voyage in October of 1997 (Kuhn 280-282). There are many aspects of Saturn that make it one of the most extraordinary planets in this solar system.
Our sun is the central pivot point to which or entire planet and solar system is built around. With out it all life on our planet would cease to exist. Within this paper we will explore how our Sun and solar system formed and came to resemble what we see today.
Known as “Earth’s twin”, Venus is very similar to Earth in composition, size, mass, and gravity. However, their temperatures are not so similar. The average temperature on Venus is a toasty 460 degrees Celsius (864 degrees Fahrenheit), as opposed to the cool 14 degrees Celsius (58.3 degrees Fahrenheit) Earth experiences. Needless to say, it would not be an ideal vacation spot. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, thanks to the runaway greenhouse effect. The atmosphere of Venus is also majorly different from Earth. It is composed of 97% carbon dioxide and 3% sulfuric acid, with an atmospheric pressure that is ninety-two times that of Earth. This pressure would be the same as being in the lowest depths of the ocean on Earth. However, like Earth, Venus is one of the four terrestrial planets, meaning it has a rocky surface, and a surface area of 177.7 million square miles. The gravity, which is 8.87 meters per second is very similar to Earth. Its mass is also very similar, 4.867E24 kilograms, and a density of 5.20 grams per centimeter.
Of the nine planets in the solar system, Mars is the seventh largest with a mass of 6.421x1023 kilograms, an average density of 3.95 gm/cm3, and an equatorial radius of 3,393 kilometers. “If the sun w...
Our solar system has eight planets, their moons and satellites, and they are all orbiting the Sun. The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto used to be the ninth planet but IAU changed the definition of planet and Pluto did not meet the standards so it is now a Dwarf planet.