Since 2006, when Pluto was removed from planets and became the dwarf planet, Neptune is the planet which has the longest year. Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun in our Solar system. It is named after Neptune, the Roman God of the Sea. It was discovered by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams [...]
Pluto was found in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh The name ‘Pluto’ was suggested by an 11 year old girl A day on Pluto lasts for 6 days and 9 hours Pluto is smaller than any planet, and even 7 moons Pluto has 3 natural satellites Pluto has an atmosphere Pluto’s orbit is elliptical Pluto is [...]
Mercury is the planet that is the closest in distance to the Sun in the solar system. It is difficult to view this planet since the sunlight bouncing off it makes it quite glaring. Although there were two spaceships sent out to gain more information from Mercury, not much could be found out. But soon, [...]
Mars is the planet after Earth from the Sun, which makes it the fourth. Popularly known as the Red planet because of the presence of iron oxide on its surface, it can be viewed by the naked eye on some nights. Huge craters have dented its surface. Although there has been no evidence of life [...]
It is unknown who discovered Jupiter. Main reason is that Jupiter is visible from Earth at night without using any optical device such as telescope or binoculars, which means that Jupiter is known by different civilization thousands years ago. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System and the fifth planet from the Sun. [...]