Our Solar System 1. Mercury • Distance from sun : 57.9 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun : 88 days • Period of Revolution on own axis: 58 Days 15 hours and 30 minutes • No of Satellites: 0 • Mass time of earth: 0.055 • Other detail: Nearest to the sun, smallest and fastest planet 2. Venus • Distance from sun: 108.2 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 224.7 Days • Period of Revolution on own axis: 243 days and 14 hours • No of Satellites: 0 • Mass time of earth: 0.815 • Other detail: Brightest, hottest, closest, and earth nears twin planet 3. Earth • Distance from sun: 149.6 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 365.25 days • Period of Revolution on own axis: 23 h 56 min and 40 seconds • No of Satellites: 1 • Mass time of earth: • Other detail: Most dense planet, watery planet and bios planet 4. Mars • Distance from sun: 227.9 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 687 Days • Period of Revolution on own axis: 24 h 37 min and 22 seconds • No of Satellites: 2 • Mass time of earth: 0.108 • Other detail: 5. Jupiter • Distance from sun: 778.2 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 12 years • Period of Revolution on own axis: 9 h 50 mints and 30 seconds • No of Satellites: 63 • Mass time of earth: 317.9 • Other detail: Largest planet, largest no. of satellites and smallest day 6. Saturn • Distance from sun: 1427 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 30 years • Period of Revolution on own axis: 10 h and 14 mints • No of Satellites: 56 • Mass time of earth: 95.2 • Other detail: Least dense 7. Uranus • Distance from sun: 2869.6 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 84 years • Period of Revolution on own axis: 16 h and 10 mints • No of Satellites: 12 • Mass time of earth: 14.6 • Other detail: 8. Neptune • Distance from sun: 4496.6 Million Km • Period of Revolution around the sun: 165 years • Period of Revolution on own axis: 18 h • No of Satellites: 8 • Mass time of earth: 17.2 • Other detail: Coldest, slowest to move round the sun and largest year NOTE: According to the latest finding of AIU (International Astronomists Union) Pluto has been stripped off the status of planet. Now our solar system is consists of only eight planets instead of nine. The farthest and coldest planet is now Neptune and smallest planet is Mercury.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:40:33 +0000