What is our solar system
There are many planetary system like ours in the universe,with planet orbiting a host star.Our Planetary system is called solar system.
The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of sun and the object that orbit it,either directly or indirectly.
Here, the sun is our host star. It is orbited by all other planets. The sun is named Sol, after the Latin word for sun,"soils"and anything related to sun we called solar. So, because of it we call Solar system to our plantery system.
It is our solar system which is consist of star, the sun and everything bound to it by gravity. Among the objects there are planets, dwraf planets, millions of asteroids,comets and meteoroids.
The largest objects are the planets including Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. And the smallest objects are the dwraf planets which orbit the sun indirectly
How old is our solar system
Through the help of scientists we can know the real age of our solar system. It was formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud.
From the meteorites or pieces of space rocks that have fallen to Earth the scientists have figured out the real age of our solar system.
The Allende meteorite, which fell to Earth in 1969 and scattered over Mexico, is the oldest known meteorite, dated to 4.55 billion years old.
We can also say that our solar system was formed from a dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust. The cloud was collapsed.
When this dust cloud collapsed, it formed a solar nebula—a spinning, swirling disk of material. Again according to the Wikipedia the real age of our solar system is 4.568 billion years old
Is there life in the solar system aside from on Earth?
We still don't have any evidence of life in the solar system aside Earth. But there are possibilities of life in the solar system in some place.
Scientists are trying to find the possibility of life in other planets and moons. Scientists thought that there is possibility of living in the Mars___ the planet next to Earth.
In our planet there are ocean, organic materials and mainly air which contains Oxygen are essential for lives.So, might we find life elsewhere in the solar system?
The possibility is too low. Because most of the planets and moons haven’t these necessary things for life, again if there is things it is not too much.Oceans were once thought to be unique to Earth, but now we know that water is found in several locations around our family of planets.
So it might be possible that there can be lives in our solar system aside from on Earth
The solar system
- 8 planets
- More than 600 satellites
- Thousands of planets
- Millions of comets
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The Sun
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- 150 million kilometers away from the earth.
- 13 lakh times bigger than the earth.
- Diameter is about 13 lakh 64 thousand kilometers.
- The surface temperature is 56,000 degrees Celsius.
- 556 hydrogen, 446 helium, 16 other gases.
- The sun, rotates on, its own axis in 25 days.
- The occasional black spot in the sun is called sunspot.
Planets:
Under the influence of the gravitational ball, a number of astrologers orbit at a specific time, centering on a particular star, are called planets.
- They don't have their own light and heat.
- The eight planets of the solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune respectively.
Mercury
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1. Distance from the Earth: 92 million kilometers
2. Distance from the sun: 5.6 crore kilometers
3. Diameter: 4850 km
4. Weight: One-fifth of the world
5. Area: 64600 sq km
6. Orbit around the sun: 7 days
7. Temperature: Excessive
8. Satellite: No.
9. Geographical conditions: There are innumerable holes and hills including flat lands.
Venus
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1. Distance from the earth: 43 crore kilometers
2. Distance from the sun: 10.6 crore kilometers
3. Diameter: 12104 km
4. Weight: -----
5. Area: 480,230,000 sq km
6. Orbit around the Sun: 225 days
7. Temperature: --------
8. Satellite: No.
9. Geographical conditions: There is no oxygen in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is 98%.
10. Acid rain is caused by dense clouds of carbon dioxide.
11. The sun rises twice a year as a result of its slow rotation on its own axis.
12. 90 times the air pressure compared to Earth.
13. From the earth in the form of twilight stars in the western sky and dry stars in the eastern sky.
The world(Earth)
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1. Distance from the sun: about 150 million kilometers
1. Diameter: 12,752 km (east-west), 12,609 km (north-south)
2. Weight: -------
3. Area: 510,100,422 sq km
4. Orbit around the Sun: 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 48 seconds
5. Temperature: 13.90 ° Celsius
6.Geographical conditions: There is an atmosphere (excess of nitrogen and oxygen). Water exists.
Satellite: Moon
- The average distance is 3,61,500 kilometers
- Holes, hills, mountains have been seen on the surface of the moon.
- Orbits the earth in 29 days and 12 hours.
Mars
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1. Distance from the Earth: million kilometers
2. Distance from the sun: 22.7 crore kilometers
3. Diameter: 69 km
4. Weight: One tenth of the world
5.Area: 144,696,500 sq km
6. Orbit around the sun: 7 days
7. Pop rotation on its own axis: 24 hours 36 minutes
8. Temperature: Below freezing
9. Satellite: 2 Demos and Phobos
10. Geographical conditions: There is an atmosphere. Three parts nitrogen and two parts argon.The amount of water is very low.There are canyons and volcanoes on the surface.Thee planet has turned red due to rust on the rocks of this planet.
Jupiter
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1. Distance from the earth: 62.6 million kilometers.
2. Distance from the sun: 6.6 million kilometers.
3. Diameter: 1,39,622 km.
4. Weight: ------
5. Area: 61,419,000,000 square kilometers (1300 times the earth).
6. Orbit around the sun: 12 years.
7. Navigation on its own axis: 9 hours 53 minutes
8. Temperature: The surface temperature is very low. The inside temperature is high.
9. Satellites: 6 Main: Low, Europa, Ganymede, Caplisto.
Saturn
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1. Distance from the earth: 128 crore kilometers
2. Distance from the sun: 143 crore kilometers
3. Diameter: 117,484 km
4. Weight: ---------
5. Area: 42,600,000,000 square kilometers [visible to the naked eye from Earth]
6. Orbit around the sun: 29 years 5 months.
7. Rotation on its own axis: 10 hours 40 minutes.
8. Temperature: ------
9. Satellites: 72. Main: Capitas, Thesis, Hua, Titan.
10. Geographical conditions: A mixture of hydrogen and helium, methane and ammonia gas. Surrounded by three bright rings.
Uranus
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1. Distance from the earth: 262 crore kilometers
2. Distance from the sun: 26 crore kilometers
3. Diameter: 49,000 km
4. Weight: 15 times the weight of the earth
5. Size: 64 times the earth
6. Orbit around the Sun: 64 years
7. Pop rotation on its own axis: -----
8. Temperature: --------
9. Satellites: 27. Main: Mirinda, Ariel, Oberon, Umbriel, Titania.
10. Geographical conditions: The amount of methane gas is high.Saturn-like rings exist.
Neptune
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1. Distance from the earth: 435 crore kilometers
2. Distance from the sun: 450 million kilometers
3. Diameter: 59244 km
4. Weight: -------
5. Area: 18,617,300,000 sq km
6. Orbit around the sun: 185 days
7. Temperature: Cool
8. Satellites: 14 Main: Triton and Neride.
By- Faria Hasan
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