{"id":8495,"date":"2020-02-12T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T08:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/?p=8495"},"modified":"2020-02-12T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T08:18:21","slug":"10-interesting-facts-about-solar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/10-interesting-facts-about-solar-system\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Interesting Facts about Solar System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but the solar system.\u201d \u2013Kalpana Chawla, Astronaut<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interesting facts about the solar system contain that it is a group of objects that interact with one another. All objects in the solar system orbit around the Sun and they move in elliptical paths. The fundamental force that keeps objects revolve around Sun in a particular orbit is gravity. In terms of mass, the fact about the solar system is that the Sun composed 99.8% of the Solar System\u2019s total weight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Surprising Facts About the Solar System<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following are some interesting facts about the solar system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pluto Has Mountains<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier, scientists thought that Pluto is a dwarf planet that has a stable environment. Some recent discoveries show that Pluto has icy mountains, with a height of 11,000 feet or 3,300 meters high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Smaller Bodies Can Also Have Moon<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a fact about the solar system, most people used to think that only large objects like planets have moons or natural satellites. But Galileo discovered that even asteroids have moons. For instance, asteroid Ida has a one-mile-wide moon named Dactyl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hottest Planet Isn\u2019t Close to the Sun<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venus is more humid than Mercury. Since Venus has a thick carbon dioxide layer, which creates a greenhouse effect. Its average temperature is about 468 degrees Celsius.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Mercury is Shrinking<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, MESSENGER spacecraft reported that Mercury has cliff-like landforms known as fault scarps. Since they are relatively small, thus, scientists claim that Mercury is shrinking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There Could Be Life Somewhere<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Till now, scientists have not found any evidence that there could be life somewhere else in the solar system. But they have discovered microbial life on Mars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Tilted Uranus<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uranus is tilted on its sides. Scientists explained that it underwent some titanic collisions in the past. This fact makes it a unique planet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerful Winds of Venus<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venus has a mysterious atmosphere above the surface. The Europe Venus Express mentioned that the upper winds of Venus flow fifty times faster than its rotation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of Solar Systems in Galaxy<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists estimate that there are a hundred billion solar systems in Milky Way galaxy alone. From the last 17 years, over 4,000 planets found orbiting stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Has Rare Elements<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Earth has elemental compositions like silicon, sodium, sulfur, nickel, calcium, iron, and so on. These are present in very little quantity in the whole solar system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturn Can Float on Water<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturn has a very low density that it can float on water. Its average density is 0.69 grams per cubic centimeter. 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