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The Solar System…

Within the Universe there is the Milky Way… And in the Milk Way there is our home…

The Solar System.

4.5 billion years old it is and in the center of it is our star… The Sun.

The Sun is surrounded by 8 planets millions of asteroids and comets, and even a few dwarf planets. It’s diameter is 865,374 miles, which is 109 times of what earth is. If the sun was hallow…. about 960,000 planet earths could fit inside of it. It’s surface temperature is 5,500 degrees Celsius…or 9932 degree Fahrenheit. Because it is so warm… it is what control the other planets climate and temperature amongst other elements.

The planet closest to the sun is… Mercury.

Measuring about 36 million miles away from the sun.

One solar day on mercury is about fifty eight and a half earth days.

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system but has a very large range of temperatures it may reach throughout the day. It can range from 800 degrees Fahrenheit all the way down to *300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Not to far behind Mercury is Venus…..

which is about 67 million miles from the Sun.

The atmosphere in Venus is very thick and filled with carbon dioxide.

Venus rotates on its axis slowly.. very very slowly.

One day on Venus equals about one hundred days on earth.

Although Venus turns very slow, it shines the brightest in the night sky.

A little further into our solar system, following Venus, is our home the Earth.

Earth sits 93 millions miles away from the Sun.

And it is the largest of the terrestrial planets.

The are many gases that fill the atmosphere of the earth. (Oxygen, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, Neon, Helium, Krypton, and Xenon)

The elements on the surface of the planet measure out to be 30% land and 70% ocean.

Our Earth also has one moon… Luna.

It takes 365 days for the earth to make one full rotation around the sun.

During this rotation the earth experiences four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall++

The last of the terrestrial planets is Mars or the Red Planet.

Which sits about 142 Million miles away from the sun.

Mars is very similar to the Earth in many ways.

One things that is very very different is the gravitational pull.

If you weighed about 70 pounds on Earth, you would probably weight about 27 pounds on Mars.

Mars too has a moon.. Two actually. The are called Deimos and Phobos.

Those are all of the Terrestrial Planets… Now lets getting into the Gas Giants.

First up is Jupiter. The largest planet within out entire solar system.

It sits about 483 Million Miles away from the sun.

The Earth can fit inside Jupiter over 100 times

The planet is known for it’s massive size but also it’s giant red spot.

Jupiter also has very faint rings around it as well as 50 official moons.

After Jupiter, comes Saturn.

888 million miles away from the but still very similar to Jupiter.

The gases that fill the atmosphere of Saturn are mostly Helium and Hydrogen, making the planet very dense.

Saturn is also known for its many rings.

There all are very thin but very wide.

The rings are no made up of solid material but particles of ice, dust, and rocks.

Although Saturn itself rotates around its axis, its rings stay in place.

Next Up, Uranus.

1,874 millions miles away from the sun.

Like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus is a Gas Giant.

With a planetary rotation, thick atmosphere is made up of Methane, Hydrogen, and Helium.

Uranus is also known as the Ice Giant with an average temperature of -300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Although the rings around Uranus don’t stretch as far as Saturns they are two made up of particles of dust and rocks.

And Finally, Neptune.

The smallest of the Gas Giants sits about 2,795 million miles away from the Sun.

With 13 moons, 6 rings, a mixture of gases and its windy atmosphere is what makes the large white cloud present on its surface.

Along with windy, the planet is also very cold with an average temperature of -370 degrees Fahrenheit.

And that… is all of the Gas Giants.

That brings us back to the Solar System… and further back to the Milky Way… and in the Milky Way is our Universe that continues to develop and change throughout the years. Until next time!