SOLAR SYSTEM AND ITS VARIOUS PLANETS AND SATELLITE

Whenever the sky is discussed then the solar system is also discussed. What is the Solar System?

The Sun, its 8 planets, 166 known satellites to planets, comets,  five dwarf planets and billions of small bodies… that directly or indirectly rotate about the Sun form the Solar System.

Brief info on planets of the Solar System-

1. Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Solar System and is the smallest planet in size. Pluto was formerly considered to be the smallest planet but now it is classified as a dwarf planet. It takes 88 days for the Sun to revolve.

2. Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. The size and make-up of Venus is almost equal to Earth. That is why Venus is called Earth's sister.

3. Earth
The third planet Earth is our own home. Earth is the third planet from Sun to Mercury and Venus. Larger than all of the inner planets, in complete consciousness, earth is a returning planet where life is at.

The average distance of the Earth from the Sun is called the celestial unit. It is about 15 crores kilometers

4. Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system. Its aura from the Earth looks dull, because of which it is also known as the "Red Planet".

5. Jupiter
Jupiter sun is the fifth and largest planet in our solar system. It is a gas monster whose mass is equal to the Thousand part of the Sun and 2.5 times the mass of the other seven planets in the Solar System.

6. Saturn
Saturn is a member planet of the Solar System. It is at the sixth place in the sun and in the solar system there are the largest planets after Jupiter. Saturn has 62 satellites. In which Titan is the largest. Titan is the second largest satellite after Jupiter's satellite, Guinness.
7. Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun in our solar system. On the basis of diameter it is the third largest of the solar system and the fourth largest planet on the basis of mass.

8. Neptune
Neptune is the 8th planet from the Sun in our solar system. On the basis of diameter it is the fourth largest planet of the Solar System and the third largest planet on the basis of mass. Neptune takes 164 years to complete a full revolution of the sun.