Welcome to AllSciInfo your ultimate gateway to Science and Technology. Our solar system is full of Inspiring and breathtaking mysteries. From the extreme temperature of Mercury to the brutal winds of Neptune. It stretches billions of kilometers covering all the planets and their moons, asteroids and comets. Each of them has its own story to tell. In this blog we will discuss 17 random and interesting facts about our Solar System.
Let's dive.
1. Extreme Temperature of Mercury
Mercury has extreme temperature swings. In day time the temperature of Mercury reaches at its highest point 430°C and at night time it gets cool to -180°C.
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| Image of Mercury Image is copyrighted to its original owner |
2. The Hottest Planet of our Solar System Venus
The Hottest planet of our Solar System is Venus. Even the venus is not closer to the Sun then also it holds the record of Hottest planet. Due to its thick heat holding atmosphere the temperature reaches to 465°C
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| An image of Venus Image Credit : istock |
3.Earth’s Distinctive Name
In contrast to the other planets in our Solar System, the name of Earth is not derived from mythology. While planets like Mars and Venus are named after deities, Earth’s name has its roots in Old English and Germanic languages.
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| Beautiful image of Earth Image Credit : Freepik |
4. Steady drift of our Moon
Our moon is slowly moving away from our planet. It is moving away 3. 8 cm per year. It is causing changes in tides of sea and also it is altering the length of days.
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| Beautiful image of Moon Image is copyrighted to its original owner |
5. Tallest volcano on Mars
There is a tallest volcano on Mars. Olympus Mons is the tallest volcano present on Mars. The height of this volcano is nearly three times bigger than Mount Everest.
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| Orbital view of Mars' Olympus Mons volcano (Image credit: Getty Images) |
6. The unique orbit of Jupiter
The most massive planet of our Solar System is Jupiter. The average distance between Sun and Jupiter is about 778 million kilometers. It orbits the sun in elliptical orbit rather than in circular orbit.
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| An image of Jupiter Credit : This image is copyrighted to its original owner |
7. Moons of Jupiter
Jupiter has almost above than 95 moons. It has more moons as compared to other planets in our Solar system. Two of them are Europa and Ganymede.
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| An image of Moons of Jupiter Credit : NASA Gov |
8. The Rings Of Saturn
The beautiful rings of Saturn are primarily composed of ice particles. These particles are of different sizes from tiny grains to the chunks of mountains. These particles are the reason of iconic look of Saturn.
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| A simulated image of Saturn rings Image credit : NASA |
9. Titan Lakes Contains Methane
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn. There are rivers and lakes of methane. Even rain contains methane.
Making it more earth like planet in our solar system.
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| An image of Titan lake Image Credit : Copyrighted to its original owner |
10. Uranus spins along with its orbit.
Uranus is unique planet in our Solar System it spins on its sides. The axial of Uranus is tilted at 98 degrees. Its means that its axis are almost parallel to its orbital plane around the Sun. It is an interesting fact about uranus.
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| An image of Uranus Image is copyrighted to its original owner |
11. Uranus One year is equal to almost 84 earth years
Uranus completes its one orbital rotation around the sun in 84 earth years. Its means that a single year of Uranus is almost a full lifetime of a Human.
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| An image of uranus |
12. The Great Dark spot of Neptune
The great dark spot of Neptune is similar to Jupiter storm. Which was firstly observed by voyager 2 in 1989.
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| An Image of Neptune Image is copyrighted to its original owner |
13. Shrinking Surface of Mercury
Mercury surface contracts when its core cools. Its causes wrinkles on the surface.
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| Surface image of Mercury Image is copyrighted to its original owner |
14. The Crushing pressure of venus
The surface pressure of Venus is almost 92 times greater than earth. It is equal to be submerged 900 meters underwater.
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| An image of Venus Credit : iStock |
15. Thin Atmosphere of Mars.
Mars has thiner atmosphere as compared to earth. It is almost 100 times thinner than earth atmosphere. It composed mostly of CO2.
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| An image of Surface of Mars Creator: nemchinowa Credit: Getty Images |
16. The low density of Saturn
Saturn is a planet in our solar system which low density than water. If it is placed in a body of water large enough for Saturn it would float in it.
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| A simulated image image of Saturn Credit : Vecteezy |
17. Magnetosphere of Jupiter
Jupiter has strongest magnetic field compared to all other planets. Its magnetic field is extended upto 7 million killometers (4.3 million miles).
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| A visualization of Jupiter Magnetosphere Credit : NASA / SVS |