Solar System

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, orbiting at an average distance of about 57.9 million kilometers.

Mars is called the Red Planet due to its reddish appearance, caused by iron oxide (rust) on its surface.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a diameter of about 142,984 kilometers.

Saturn is famous for its prominent and extensive ring system, made mostly of ice and rock particles.

Venus is often called the Morning Star or Evening Star because it is visible just before sunrise or after sunset.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a massive storm that has been raging for at least 400 years.

Jupiter has the most moons, with over 80 known natural satellites.

Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun, orbiting at an average distance of about 4.5 billion kilometers.

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, with a diameter of about 4,880 kilometers.

Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system, taking about 243 Earth days to rotate once.

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest moon in the solar system.

Saturn is the second-largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter.

Mercury has the shortest year, completing an orbit around the Sun in just 88 Earth days.

Venus is often called Earth’s twin due to its similar size, mass, and composition.

Uranus rotates on its side, with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees.

Neptune has the strongest winds in the solar system, reaching speeds of over 2,000 kilometers per hour.

Neptune is known for its vivid blue color, caused by the presence of methane in its atmosphere.

Mercury and Venus are the only planets in the solar system without any natural satellites (moons).

Mars is home to Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the solar system, standing about 21.9 kilometers tall.

The Sun's outermost layer is called the corona, which extends millions of kilometers into space.

The bright tail of a comet is formed by solar radiation vaporizing the comet's ice and dust.

Uranus is tilted almost 90 degrees, causing it to rotate on its side.

The Kuiper belt is a region beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies and dwarf planets.

Venus is the hottest planet, with surface temperatures reaching up to 465°C due to its thick greenhouse atmosphere.

The Sun is primarily composed of hydrogen (about 73%) and helium (about 25%).

Venus has the slowest rotation, taking about 243 Earth days to complete one rotation.

The asteroid belt is a region between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocky objects called asteroids.

The movement of planets around the Sun is called revolution, while rotation refers to a planet spinning on its axis.

Mars has polar ice caps composed of water ice and frozen carbon dioxide.

Earth takes approximately 24 hours to complete one rotation on its axis.

Pluto has the most tilted orbit, with an inclination of about 17 degrees relative to the plane of the solar system.

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, orbiting at an average distance of 384,400 kilometers.

A constellation is a group of stars that form a recognizable pattern in the night sky.

Venus is the brightest planet as seen from Earth, due to its thick, reflective cloud cover.

Perihelion is the point in a planet's orbit where it is closest to the Sun.

Jupiter is a gas giant and does not have a solid surface.

Pluto was considered the 9th planet until 2006, when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet.

Venus has the thickest atmosphere of any terrestrial planet, composed mainly of carbon dioxide.

Earth takes about 365.25 days to complete one orbit around the Sun, which defines a year.

Venus has a surface pressure about 90 times that of Earth, due to its dense atmosphere.

Uranus is the coldest planet, with minimum temperatures dropping to -224°C.

Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen (about 90%) and helium (about 10%).

Uranus has 27 known moons, each named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

Uranus takes 84 Earth years, and Neptune takes 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun.