The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the Planets that orbit it. The Solar System contains 8 Planets and 1 dwarf Planet which are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (Pluto is no longer considert a planet).
The Sun is situated at the centre of the Solar System. It's a colossal, sphere of plasma, heated by the energy generated through nuclear fusion reactions inside its core. The energy radiates outward, manifesting as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation from its surface, which provides the primary energy source for life on Earth. |
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surface Area: 6.09×10^12 km^2 Volume: 1.412×10^18 km^3 Mass: 1.9885×10^30 kg Temperature: 15699726.85 C°(core), 5498.85 C° (Surface) Age: 4,6 B |
Mercury is the first and smallest planet in our solar system. One rotation around the sun is 88 days. Mercury has many craters. Although Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun, it isn't the hottest. |
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surface Area: 7.48×10^7 km^2 Volume: 6.083×10^10 km^3 Mass: 3.3011×10^23 kg |
Venus is the second and hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is called the opposite of earth because a day on venus takes longer than its year and it spins backwards. Venus' surface is made of volcanic rock and high temperatures, but it is speculated that there was water on the surface wich evaporated a long time ago. |
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surface Area: 4.6023×10^8 km^2 Volume: 9.2843×10^11 km^3 Mass: 4.8675×10^24 kg |
The Earth is the third planet of our solar system and our home. The earth is the only habitable planet in our solar system. It has diverse environments, an atmosphere made of oxygen and nitrogen which is important for life to exist on this planet. The closest habitable planet is currently Proxima Centauri b which is 4.22 light years away. |
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surface Area: 510'072'000 km^2 Volume: 1.08321×10^12 km^3 Mass: 5.972168×10^24 kg |
Mars is the fourth planet of our solar system. Mars is rocky, dry and cold, making it a desert-like planet. Mars is the only planet where robots reside for research and experiments. Mars is also known for having the largest volcano in our solar system |
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surface Area: 1.4437×10^8 km^2 Volume: 1.63118×10^11 km^3 Mass: 6.4171×10^23 kg |
Jupiter is the fifth and largest(twice the size of all planets combined) planet of our solar system. Jupiter's stripes are cold clouds of ammonia and water and an atmosphere made hydrogen and helium. The "great red Spot" is a massive storm bigger than the Earth observed since 1831 and most likely existing since even earlier. Because it is a gas giant, jupiter doesn't have a surface, only a core, meaning you are unable to stand on that planet. |
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surface Area: 6.1469×10^10 km^2 Volume: 1.4313×10^15 km^3 Mass: 1.8982×1027 kg |
Saturn is the sixth and second largest planet of our solar system surrounded by many rings. Saturn is a gas giant too, made of hydrogen and helium. At 146 moons Saturn has the most amount of moons in the entire solar system and it has the largest moon named Titan. |
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surface Area: 4.27×10^10 km^2 Volume: 8.2713×10^14 km^3 Mass: 5.6834×10^26 kg |
Uranus is the seventh planet in our solar system and it spins sideways. Uranus is very cold making it a ice giant and like Saturn it has rings but not enough to be seen clearly. The planet gets its color from methane. Just like the rest of the gas giants it it made if Hydrogen and helium, but it also has methane, water and ammonia. |
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surface Area: 8.1156×10^9 km^2 Volume: 6.833×10^13 km^3 Mass: 8.681×10^25 kg |
Neptune is the eight and last planet of our solar system making it the planet farthest from the sun. Just like the previous ones, Neptune is a gas giant made of the same elements as Uranus. It has the most violent winds at the speed of 2'000 km/h creating dynamic cloud formations and atmospheric disturbances. Just like Uranus, Neptune has a small amount of rings which also are very hard to spot |
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surface Area: 7.6187×10^9 km^2 Volume: 6.253×10^13 km^3[ Mass: 1.02413×10^26 kg |