 |
| The Solar System |
You will discover billions associated with galaxies within the cosmos and every one of them contains huge amounts of stars along with solar systems revolving around them. We're just a smaller whit in the Universe. Just think if there are billions associated with solar systems, can most of alone within the Universe? It is just difficult, scientists believe that there are at least 50,000 solar systems with different sort of life. Whenever I check out sky with night Lets hope we would meet an someone someday from outer space and the item just enchant me. This fascination of different kind of lives along with systems and how do they do they work prompted me to write an write-up about the Solar Technique because we are aware only in our Solar Technique and outer space is yet to become explored.
The Milky Way is amongst the galaxies which usually comprises the solar system. There are generally nine planets inside our solar method which revolve around a star called the Sun, in order of distance from the Sun these are Mercury, Venus, Planet, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Further there are natural satellites or moons that revolve around planets. Most of us shall get brief concept about the composition, geographical features, atmosphere about them along with their astrological effects on humans one after the other.
The Milky Way is amongst the galaxies which usually comprises the solar system. There are generally nine planets inside our solar method which revolve around a star called the Sun, in order of distance from the Sun these are Mercury, Venus, Planet, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Further there are natural satellites or moons that revolve around planets. Most of us shall get brief concept about the composition, geographical features, atmosphere about them along with their astrological effects on humans one after the other.
The sun comprises nearly 99. 5% mass in our solar system. It is composed of mostly hydrogen 74% and also helium 24%, the 2% includes all elements we have now in our solar system. The Sun is slightly bright and also precisely moderate in size, although 1. 3 million Earths may accommodate inside the Sun. Astronomers believe that the Sun was created about 4.6 billion years ago and is in the center age at the moment. It is slowly warming up. It is now 10% much more luminous each billion a long time. In fact, within a billion years the warmth of the sun rays will possibly be so intense that each oceans will probably evaporate from the surface of Earth. Life on Earth will be gone forever. In between 6 to 7 billion years. The sun will enter in the red giant cycle, where it engulfs its inner planets Mercury, Venus and also Earth. It will slough off of its surface layer and then shrink back down to little white dwarf. The temperature for the gaseous surface on the Sun is 6, 000 certifications kelvin and also at the center of the Solar the heat is 13. 6 million degree kelvin exactly where molecules hydrogen are usually fused into helium and create entire heat on the Sun. But surface atmosphere of the Sun is incredibly hot as compared to its surface. Atmosphere simply above its surface is named the Chromosphere, where the temperature may reach 100,000 degrees kelvin. There is certainly more remote region called ‘Corona’ which extends to a volume larger than Sun itself. Temperature involving Corona is 1 million degree kelvin.
Mercury
It is the closest planet to the sun. It has a magnetic field to protect itself from solar winds, but its magnetic field is very faint because it does not have magnetic field generator inside like Earth. Although Mercury is closest to the Sun and is very hot, it has craters around the poles which are externally at shadow and are extremely cold. You can see Mercury with the naked eye during sunrising and sunsetting but for very short interval of time because its orbit is very close to Sun. Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it has a heavily cratered surface that can reach temperature about 430 degree Celsius during daytime, but due to absence of atmosphere to trap heat its temperature is -173 degree Celsius during night. Instead of an atmosphere, Mercury has exosphere made up of atoms blasted off its surface by solar winds and micro meteoroids. Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system, and the second densest planet after Earth with a large iron core (about 2000 Km in radius). Astrologically, Mercury has been known since at least the time of the Sumerians (3rd millennium BC), tand is god of commerce, travel and thievery. It is represented by the gemstone Emerald and by number 9.
Venus
Venus is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun and the Moon. Venus is nearly equal to the size of the Earth with a diameter of 12,104 Km, which is why Venus has been called Earth’s sister planet. Venus’ atmosphere is composed of mostly carbon dioxide. The surface of the planet is enveloped by clouds of sulphuric acid. This creates the greenhouse effect that brings its surface temperature to over740 degree kelvin. A Venus day is longer than its year( 1 Venus day = 243 Earth days) it rotates backward, spinning in the opposite direction of its orbit around the Sun. From its surface, Sun would seem to rise in the west and set in the east. Astrologically, Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. Its gemstone is Diamond and number is 6.
Earth
The blue planet Earth is the 3rd closest planet to Sun in solar system. It is also known as planet of water. Earth is our home, it gives us every thing we know, use and utilise. Its atmosphere saves us from all dangers coming from outer space. Even though our planet is well known and travelled, there are still new things being discovered everyday. Most of our oceans have not been explored yet.The Earth is constantly changing, shifting and exposing new secrets for humans to marvel at.
The Earth’s atmosphere is mainly composed of nitrogen and oxygen. It has an active climate system. Earth’s atmosphere has many layers including mesosphere, ionosphere, exosphere and thermosphere, but closest to its surface and to us is the troposphere that supports our lives and is very thin about 16 km high. The surface of the Earth is extremely versatile, it varies from salty oceans to hot deserts, from vast fertile landscapes to tundra, from plateaus to lush green forests. Most of Earth’s deserts are not composed entirely of sand, but 85% are rocks and gravel. The largest desert is Sahara that covers one third of Africa and constantly growing. In fact Earth is not really round, it is slightly flattened on top and bottom of poles. Apart from gigantic salty oceans (about 79% of Earth’s surface) it has many lakes and rivers. The largest lake is Caspian Sea on the border of Iran and Russia. The deepest lake is the Lake Baikal and it is in Russia. The longest river is the Nile, which is 6,650 km in length and is in Africa, second longest is Amazon (6,400 km) in South America and third longest is Yangtze (6,300 km) in China. Earth has many mountain ranges over every continent. The Andes mountain range in South America is world’s longest (7,242 Kms.) mountain range, the second longest is Rockies (6,035 Kms.) in North America and third longest isthe Himalaya (3,862 Kms.) in Asia. For every 980 feet we climb up a mountain, the temperature drops by 3.5 degrees. The planet Earth is very active beneath its surface, this is why it causes earthquakes to shake its surface and volcanoes to erupt red hot lava.
Mars
Mars is the fourth closest planet to the Sun in the solar system. It is also known as the red planet and has always been generating special interest among astronomers. Mars is the last member of the inner solar system having a solid surface. Its surface is red in appearance because it is composed of iron oxide (rust). Mars has the biggest mountains and canyons in the solar system. Although, people have always been imagined alien invaders coming from Mars, but it is the least inhabitable planet with freezing temperature, solar winds and almost no atmosphere. Mars is half the size of Earth and it has about one third of Earth’s gravity. Mars has tremendous wind storms, dust storms and small tornadoes, and it is quite amazing with such a little atmosphere. Scientists have discovered huge deposits of ice underneath its surface. Mars has two moons or natural satellites known as Phobos and Deimos. Phobos is going to crash into Mars’ surface, and according to astronomers it may happen within the next 50 years. Mars is also known as the Bermuda Triangle of the solar system because many missions have disappeared strangely.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest among all planets in the solar system. The mass of Jupiter is 318 times the mass of Earth. In fact, Jupiter has 2.5 times of all other planets in the solar system combined. Jupiter has tremendously huge gravity. Jupiter has no solid surface. It is a gaseous planet, and if we go deep beneath its gaseous surface, due to extremely high pressure its gases convert into liquid state. Besides its large size, Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system, it takes only 10 hrs. to complete its rotation on its axis, that is the day on Jupiter is only of 10 hrs., quite amazing!! The great red spot is one of its most familiar features and it is a cloud storm that has been around for 300 years. The great red spot is 40,000 km across and constantly shrinking. Jupiter has rings like Saturn and Uranus but fainter than Saturn. Jupiter has the strongest magnetic field in the solar system almost 15 times stronger than Earth’s. Jupiter has 63 moons or natural satellites. Jupiter is third brightest object in the solar system and can be seen by the naked eye. If you see a really bright star high in the sky, chances you are watching Jupiter.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth closest planet to the Sun. Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System. The density of Saturn is 0.687 gm / cubic centimeters which is less than the density of water (1gm / cubic centimeter), it means Saturn would float over water if we had a pool large enough. Saturn spins so quickly on it axis that the planet flattens itself out, therefore the distance from the center to the pole (54,000 Km) is less than the distance from the center to the equator (64,300 Km). Saturn is famous for its rings. It is possible the rings have been created when a 300 Km ice moon was torn apart by Saturn’s gravity and formed a ring. It is also possible that they are the left over material when Saturn formed in the solar nebula. One year of Saturn is equal to 30 Earth years. Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecrafts. Saturn has 60 moons. Some of these are large, for example Titan is the second largest moon in the Solar System, but most of them are tiny, just a few km across.How long the day on the Saturn is a mystery. Since Saturn is a gaseous planet, so it’s difficult to determine its rotational speed. By measuring the rotation of the planet’s magnetic field, astronomers conclude that day on Saturn is 10 hours, 33 minutes long. Saturn can be see with the naked eye. Astronomers believe that there may be life on one of Saturn’s moon: Enceladus.
Uranus
Uranus is the 7th planet in the solar system and third largest in diameter. Uranus takes 84 years to complete its orbit around the Sun. It is a large blue gas giant. The bluish colour of planet is due to large amount of methane in the atmosphere, because methane absorbs red light and reflects blue light. Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system. The average temperature on Uranus is -360 Fahrenheit. If you land on the surface of Uranus your head will blast off due to extremely low temperature. Uranus has 13 faint rings that are dark and difficult to see. The winds’ speed on Uranus can reach up to 250 metres per second. It has 27 moons which are small and light weight. The day on Uranus is little bit shorter than the day on Earth. it takes 17 hours to complete its rotation about its axis. Uranus is four times larger than the Earth.
Neptune
Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the solar system. Neptune is a gaseous planet composed of mainly hydrogen, helium and methane and it is bluish in appearance. The only spacecraft that ever visited Neptune is Voyager 2 in 1989. In Roman mythology Neptune is the god of the sea. Neptune has the strongest winds of the solar system. The winds on Neptune can reach up to 1300 km per hour. On Neptune one day is equal to 16 hours in Earth time. One Neptune year is equal to 165 Earth years. Neptune’s maximum distance from the Sun is 4.5 billion Kms. Neptune has 13 moons and 5 rings.
Pluto
Pluto is the smallest planet in the solar system and is even smaller than the moon of the Earth. One year of Pluto is equal to 248 Earth years. Nobody knows what Pluto’s atmosphere contains, or even if it has an atmosphere. No spacecraft has ever visited Pluto so far. Pluto orbits around the Sun on different levels than the other 8 planets, going over them and below them. Pluto has three identified moons. A day on Pluto is equal to 6 days and 9 hours on Earth. Pluto is too faint to be seen by the naked eye. The temperature on Pluto is -233 degree Celsius. at this temperature all elements would freeze, except neon, hydrogen and helium.
If you want to read more about planet click hare
It is the closest planet to the sun. It has a magnetic field to protect itself from solar winds, but its magnetic field is very faint because it does not have magnetic field generator inside like Earth. Although Mercury is closest to the Sun and is very hot, it has craters around the poles which are externally at shadow and are extremely cold. You can see Mercury with the naked eye during sunrising and sunsetting but for very short interval of time because its orbit is very close to Sun. Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it has a heavily cratered surface that can reach temperature about 430 degree Celsius during daytime, but due to absence of atmosphere to trap heat its temperature is -173 degree Celsius during night. Instead of an atmosphere, Mercury has exosphere made up of atoms blasted off its surface by solar winds and micro meteoroids. Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system, and the second densest planet after Earth with a large iron core (about 2000 Km in radius). Astrologically, Mercury has been known since at least the time of the Sumerians (3rd millennium BC), tand is god of commerce, travel and thievery. It is represented by the gemstone Emerald and by number 9.
Venus
Venus is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun and the Moon. Venus is nearly equal to the size of the Earth with a diameter of 12,104 Km, which is why Venus has been called Earth’s sister planet. Venus’ atmosphere is composed of mostly carbon dioxide. The surface of the planet is enveloped by clouds of sulphuric acid. This creates the greenhouse effect that brings its surface temperature to over740 degree kelvin. A Venus day is longer than its year( 1 Venus day = 243 Earth days) it rotates backward, spinning in the opposite direction of its orbit around the Sun. From its surface, Sun would seem to rise in the west and set in the east. Astrologically, Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. Its gemstone is Diamond and number is 6.
Earth
The blue planet Earth is the 3rd closest planet to Sun in solar system. It is also known as planet of water. Earth is our home, it gives us every thing we know, use and utilise. Its atmosphere saves us from all dangers coming from outer space. Even though our planet is well known and travelled, there are still new things being discovered everyday. Most of our oceans have not been explored yet.The Earth is constantly changing, shifting and exposing new secrets for humans to marvel at.
The Earth’s atmosphere is mainly composed of nitrogen and oxygen. It has an active climate system. Earth’s atmosphere has many layers including mesosphere, ionosphere, exosphere and thermosphere, but closest to its surface and to us is the troposphere that supports our lives and is very thin about 16 km high. The surface of the Earth is extremely versatile, it varies from salty oceans to hot deserts, from vast fertile landscapes to tundra, from plateaus to lush green forests. Most of Earth’s deserts are not composed entirely of sand, but 85% are rocks and gravel. The largest desert is Sahara that covers one third of Africa and constantly growing. In fact Earth is not really round, it is slightly flattened on top and bottom of poles. Apart from gigantic salty oceans (about 79% of Earth’s surface) it has many lakes and rivers. The largest lake is Caspian Sea on the border of Iran and Russia. The deepest lake is the Lake Baikal and it is in Russia. The longest river is the Nile, which is 6,650 km in length and is in Africa, second longest is Amazon (6,400 km) in South America and third longest is Yangtze (6,300 km) in China. Earth has many mountain ranges over every continent. The Andes mountain range in South America is world’s longest (7,242 Kms.) mountain range, the second longest is Rockies (6,035 Kms.) in North America and third longest isthe Himalaya (3,862 Kms.) in Asia. For every 980 feet we climb up a mountain, the temperature drops by 3.5 degrees. The planet Earth is very active beneath its surface, this is why it causes earthquakes to shake its surface and volcanoes to erupt red hot lava.
Mars
Mars is the fourth closest planet to the Sun in the solar system. It is also known as the red planet and has always been generating special interest among astronomers. Mars is the last member of the inner solar system having a solid surface. Its surface is red in appearance because it is composed of iron oxide (rust). Mars has the biggest mountains and canyons in the solar system. Although, people have always been imagined alien invaders coming from Mars, but it is the least inhabitable planet with freezing temperature, solar winds and almost no atmosphere. Mars is half the size of Earth and it has about one third of Earth’s gravity. Mars has tremendous wind storms, dust storms and small tornadoes, and it is quite amazing with such a little atmosphere. Scientists have discovered huge deposits of ice underneath its surface. Mars has two moons or natural satellites known as Phobos and Deimos. Phobos is going to crash into Mars’ surface, and according to astronomers it may happen within the next 50 years. Mars is also known as the Bermuda Triangle of the solar system because many missions have disappeared strangely.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest among all planets in the solar system. The mass of Jupiter is 318 times the mass of Earth. In fact, Jupiter has 2.5 times of all other planets in the solar system combined. Jupiter has tremendously huge gravity. Jupiter has no solid surface. It is a gaseous planet, and if we go deep beneath its gaseous surface, due to extremely high pressure its gases convert into liquid state. Besides its large size, Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system, it takes only 10 hrs. to complete its rotation on its axis, that is the day on Jupiter is only of 10 hrs., quite amazing!! The great red spot is one of its most familiar features and it is a cloud storm that has been around for 300 years. The great red spot is 40,000 km across and constantly shrinking. Jupiter has rings like Saturn and Uranus but fainter than Saturn. Jupiter has the strongest magnetic field in the solar system almost 15 times stronger than Earth’s. Jupiter has 63 moons or natural satellites. Jupiter is third brightest object in the solar system and can be seen by the naked eye. If you see a really bright star high in the sky, chances you are watching Jupiter.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth closest planet to the Sun. Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System. The density of Saturn is 0.687 gm / cubic centimeters which is less than the density of water (1gm / cubic centimeter), it means Saturn would float over water if we had a pool large enough. Saturn spins so quickly on it axis that the planet flattens itself out, therefore the distance from the center to the pole (54,000 Km) is less than the distance from the center to the equator (64,300 Km). Saturn is famous for its rings. It is possible the rings have been created when a 300 Km ice moon was torn apart by Saturn’s gravity and formed a ring. It is also possible that they are the left over material when Saturn formed in the solar nebula. One year of Saturn is equal to 30 Earth years. Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecrafts. Saturn has 60 moons. Some of these are large, for example Titan is the second largest moon in the Solar System, but most of them are tiny, just a few km across.How long the day on the Saturn is a mystery. Since Saturn is a gaseous planet, so it’s difficult to determine its rotational speed. By measuring the rotation of the planet’s magnetic field, astronomers conclude that day on Saturn is 10 hours, 33 minutes long. Saturn can be see with the naked eye. Astronomers believe that there may be life on one of Saturn’s moon: Enceladus.
Uranus
Uranus is the 7th planet in the solar system and third largest in diameter. Uranus takes 84 years to complete its orbit around the Sun. It is a large blue gas giant. The bluish colour of planet is due to large amount of methane in the atmosphere, because methane absorbs red light and reflects blue light. Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system. The average temperature on Uranus is -360 Fahrenheit. If you land on the surface of Uranus your head will blast off due to extremely low temperature. Uranus has 13 faint rings that are dark and difficult to see. The winds’ speed on Uranus can reach up to 250 metres per second. It has 27 moons which are small and light weight. The day on Uranus is little bit shorter than the day on Earth. it takes 17 hours to complete its rotation about its axis. Uranus is four times larger than the Earth.
Neptune
Neptune is the fourth largest planet in the solar system. Neptune is a gaseous planet composed of mainly hydrogen, helium and methane and it is bluish in appearance. The only spacecraft that ever visited Neptune is Voyager 2 in 1989. In Roman mythology Neptune is the god of the sea. Neptune has the strongest winds of the solar system. The winds on Neptune can reach up to 1300 km per hour. On Neptune one day is equal to 16 hours in Earth time. One Neptune year is equal to 165 Earth years. Neptune’s maximum distance from the Sun is 4.5 billion Kms. Neptune has 13 moons and 5 rings.
Pluto
Pluto is the smallest planet in the solar system and is even smaller than the moon of the Earth. One year of Pluto is equal to 248 Earth years. Nobody knows what Pluto’s atmosphere contains, or even if it has an atmosphere. No spacecraft has ever visited Pluto so far. Pluto orbits around the Sun on different levels than the other 8 planets, going over them and below them. Pluto has three identified moons. A day on Pluto is equal to 6 days and 9 hours on Earth. Pluto is too faint to be seen by the naked eye. The temperature on Pluto is -233 degree Celsius. at this temperature all elements would freeze, except neon, hydrogen and helium.
If you want to read more about planet click hare
No comments:
Post a Comment