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Planets of the Solar System | Planet Facts, Dwarf Planets, Size Comparisons and Space Science

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Mercury is the second hottest planet with a year lasting 88 days, while Venus is the hottest planet with a surface temperature of 900 degrees. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its rings, and all planets together could fit between the Earth and the Moon.

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  • Mercury is the second hottest planet in the solar system, with a year lasting 88 days, and Venus holds the title of the hottest planet, boasting a surface temperature of 900 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Earth is unique as the only planet with organic life, featuring an atmosphere rich in nitrogen and oxygen, while Mars stands out with a freezing surface temperature of -81 degrees and a day lasting approximately 24 hours and 37 minutes.

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Summary

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Planets in our Solar System: A Summary

  • Mercury is the second hottest planet and the closest to the Sun, with a year on its surface lasting 88 days.
  • Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, with a slow rotation and a surface temperature of 900 degrees.
  • Earth is the only planet with organic life, with an atmosphere composed of nitrogen and oxygen.
  • Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, has a cold surface temperature of -81 degrees and a day lasting 24 hours and 37 minutes.
  • Ceres is the first and smallest dwarf planet, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  • Jupiter is the largest planet, covered in clouds, with a gravity 2.4 times that of Earth.
  • Saturn is brown in color, with extremely thin outer rings made of dust and icy chunks.
  • Uranus is blue in color, the seventh planet from the Sun, with a steep tilt of 98 degrees.
  • Neptune, the eighth planet, has six rings made of dust and rocky chunks, and an average temperature of -392 degrees.
  • Pluto, a dwarf planet, was demoted from being the ninth planet due to not meeting the criteria set by the IAU, discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.

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"Exploring Dwarf Planets, Eclipses, and Moon"

  • Aries is a dwarf planet outside Neptune, in the Kuiper belt, named by humans, red, perfect sphere, discovered in 2005 by Michael Brown.
  • Aries has one moon, Dysnomia, orbits every 16 days, 27% more massive than Pluto, takes 557 Earth years to orbit the sun.
  • Series is the smallest dwarf planet, closest to the Sun, in the asteroid belt, bright spots are salty deposits, dry surface.
  • Pluto, once the ninth planet, now a dwarf planet, discovered in 2006, has moons, rocky core surrounded by water ice.
  • Eris, discovered in 2004, in the Kuiper belt, elongated shape due to fast rotations, third closest dwarf planet to the Sun.
  • Solar eclipse stages: Bailey's Beads, Diamond Ring, Totality, Crescent, Safety precautions for eye protection.
  • Total solar eclipse path in 2017 from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina, 70 miles wide, seen in 14 states.
  • Lunar eclipse stages: Penumbra, Partial Eclipse, Total Eclipse, Maximum Eclipse, Partial Eclipse, Penumbral Eclipse.
  • Earth's formation: Dust around the sun collided to form Earth, Theia collision formed the moon, water from meteor storms.
  • Moon facts: Natural satellite, orbits Earth at the same speed, gray and white, no air, creates tides, 27 Earth days to rotate.

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"Jupiter: Largest Planet, Rings, Planetary Size"

  • Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with an average diameter of 139,822 kilometers, and is known for its prominent rings.
  • The total diameter size of all planets in the solar system is 380,008 kilometers, leaving 2,492 kilometers of space to spare. Earth and the Moon together could fit all the planets in the solar system between them.
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