Suara.com – Of course you are familiar with the names of the planets in solar systems such as Mars, Mercury, and Venus. However, there was a name-planet name other.
The names of the planets in this solar system are also categorized in several aspects. In this article, Suara.com will explain some of the names of planets that you may not know.
So, just look at the names of the planets in the following solar system.
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Technically, there was never a scientific definition of the term planet before 2006. When the Greeks looked at the sky thousands of years ago, they found objects that acted differently from the stars.
These points of light seem to wander around the sky all year round. The term “planet” comes from the Greek word “planet” – meaning wanderer, scientists have also taken some terms from the Greek for planetary names.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formed a Planetary Definition Committee, deliberated, and finally reached a consensus on a new definition of a planet. The new definition states that a planet is a celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass for gravity to have hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly spherical in shape), and has no other object in its path as it revolves around the Sun.
Names of the Planets in the Solar System
Summarized from various sources, here are the names of the planets in the solar system by type.
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The planets in the solar system that are included in the type of terrestrial planet include:
- Mercury is the planet with the second highest temperature in the Solar System and the closest planet to the sun.
- Venus is the warmest planet. It is sometimes called the “Earth twin” because Venus and Earth are very similar.
- Earth is the only planet known to have life. It has one natural satellite, the Moon.
- Mars, is sometimes called the “red planet” and the “brother of Earth”.
- Phaeton or Astra, a planet that some say broke up to form the asteroid belt, although most astronomers think it never formed. It was historically considered the smallest planet and Pluto is now considered a “Dwarf Planet” by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
The names of the planets that are classified as gas giant planets are as follows:
- Jupiter is biggest planet in the Solar System.
- Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun to have a giant ring around it.
- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun that has 11 rings around it.
- Neptune is farthest planet that we know from the Sun.
- Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet beyond Neptune. It hasn’t been discovered yet, but some astronomers think its gravity pulls the orbit around a lot dwarf planet. It is considered a gas giant.
3. Dwarf planets
The following are the names of the planets that are classified as dwarf planets:
- The planet Ceres is the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt of the Solar System.
- The egg -shaped planet Haumea.
- The planet Makemake crossing the street with Eris.
- The planet Eris is the planet that follows the most elliptical path of any planet.
This is a list of the names of the planets in the solar system that have been renewed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). News about the solar system will continue to change, you can also access it directly to the relevant organizations.
Contributors: Mutaya Saroh
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