The Sun & major nine planets are the main bodies of our Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun these are Mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nepyune & Pluto. Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781 during a review of the entire sky which was so systematic as to be […]

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the solar system. It orbits the Sun once every 88 days. When viewed from our planet; Earth and is bright and range between?2.0 to 5.5 in what is known as apparent magnitude. However, it is not as easily spotted due to the fact that its greatest angular […]

Saturn is the six planet from the sun in our Solar System. It is the second largest Planet. Saturn appears to be similar to Jupiter in many ways. Saturn is the least dense of all the planets. Its density of 704kg m-3 is less than that of water so that one might imagine Saturn being […]

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun. Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet. It appears brighter than any other planet apart from Venus; at times it may even cast a shadow. Some of its surface features, and the four brightest satellites, can easily be seen in a telescope, or even in binoculars. […]

What are planets Planets are defined as the asteroids which are revolving around any star like in our solar system there are nine asteroids Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto which are revolving around a star that is the Sun. So we call those asteroids as planets. The Earth on which […]

A planet is very different from a star. A star is a huge ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light. A planet is a much smaller body that shines by reflected light. Now let’s take a brief look at the sizes of all the planets of our solar system. Let’s start with […]