Do you like watching the sky?
Up there, there are many celestial bodies that turn out to hold many amazing secrets, one of which is planets.
Each planet in our Solar System has its own characteristics and uniqueness.
Here are fun facts about each planet that are rarely known.
Fun Facts About Every Planet in the Solar System
1. Mercury
As the planet closest to the sun, Mercury’s surface is full of craters because it used to always be hit by rocks.
On Mercury there is also almost no atmosphere.
The planet Mercury is moving at more than 170,000 kilometers per hour.
The sun will appear three times as large, if you look at it from the surface of Mercury.
2. Venus
In addition to hot and rocky, the surface of the planet Venus is also filled with thick gas.
The surface temperature of Venus even reaches 462 degrees Celsius or 15 times hotter than summer on Earth.
Atmospheric pressure on Venus is 90 times stronger than on Earth.
If you stand on the surface, your body will be pressed flat!
3. Earth
Earth is known to be the only planet that has life.
That’s because the Earth receives the right amount of heat from the Sun so that life goes well.
Earth is enveloped in a gas called the atmosphere.
Well, it is this atmosphere that provides air to breathe.
The earth rotates about 1,670 kilometers per hour. That’s about twice as fast as a jet!
4. Mars
The name of the planet Mars is already familiar.
Mars is only about half the size of Earth.
The temperature on Mars is very cold, reaching -60 degrees Celsius.
In addition, its mountains are also very high, one of which is the Olympus volcano which is higher than Mount Everest.
It takes 6 to 12 months to travel from Earth to Mars.
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5. Jupiter
The mighty Jupiter is also called the largest planet in the Solar System.
It is 2.5 times larger than all the planets combined.
With a very large size, Jupiter is able to move and rotate very quickly.
One day on Jupiter even lasts only 9 hours 56.5 minutes.
6. Saturn
The planet Saturn is one of the farthest planets from the Sun.
Saturn is 9.5 times farther from the Sun than Earth.
Saturn is a big planet, but it is made of light gases.
Saturn can even float on water!
7. Neptune
Because of its distance from the Sun, Neptune takes 164 years to complete one orbit.
Jets flown from Earth will reach Neptune some 550 years later!
On Neptune there is also an Earth -sized storm called the Great Dark Spot.
8. Uranus
Composed of helium and hydrogen, the planet Uranus has odd seasons.
Winter around the north pole even lasts for 21 years.
In addition, Uranus is also very tilted, resulting in its rotation like rolling.
When compared to Earth, Uranus has a diameter of about 51,000 kilometers, which is roughly four times larger than Earth.
So, here are some interesting facts about each of the planets in the Solar System that are rarely known.
Of course there is still much we can learn and there are still many mysteries that have not been successfully solved.
You can also continue to learn and find out about other unique facts in books My First Encyclopedia: Space.
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