Name: Life Cycle of Stars
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
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Question

Mention the details about each Planet.

Planets	Distance from the Sun	Revolution time around the Sun	Time taken to complete rotation on its axis	Known Satellites
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

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Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system. It lies closer to the sun.

Distance from the Sun - $59.126$ million km

Revolution time around the Sun - $88$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $59$ Earth days

Known Satellites - It has no natural satellites.

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. It is similar to earth in size and in mass.

Distance from the Sun - $108.1$ million km

Revolution time around the Sun - $225$ Earth days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $243$ Earth days

Known Satellites - It has no natural satellite.

Earth is the only planet that has an abundance of water which makes it unique and perfect for life to exist.

Distance from the Sun - $151$ million km

Revolution time around the Sun - $365$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $24$ Hours

Known Satellites - Moon

Mars is a cold desert world. It is half the size of Earth. Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet

Distance from the Sun - $250$ million km

Revolution time around the Sun - $687$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $24.6$ hours

Known Satellites - Phobos and Deimos

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is called as a Gas Giant.

Distance from the Sun - $741$ million km

Revolution time around the Sun - $12$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $10$ hours

Known Satellites - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto

Saturn is the second largest in the Solar system. This planet has a unique feature of rings around it.

Distance from the Sun - $1.4$ billion km

Revolution time around the Sun - $29$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $10.7$ hours

Known Satellites - Dione, Janus, Tethys and Titan.

Uranus was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope and thought it would be a star or comet. It has the largest diameter in our solar system.

Distance from the Sun - $2.9$ billion km

Revolution time around the Sun - $84$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $17$ hours

Known Satellites - Ariel, Miranda, Titania, Oberon and Umbriel.

Neptune is the last planet in the solar system and also an Ice Giant. Neptune is dark, cold and very windy planet.

Distance from the Sun - $4.5$ billion km

Revolution time around the Sun - $165$ days

Time taken to complete rotation on its axis - $16$ hours

Known Satellites - Naiad, Despina, and Galatea.

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