Uranus Essays
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The solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago due to the gravitational collapse of a huge interstellar molecule cloud. Most of the system’s mass is in the Sun and most of the rest is in Jupiter. The four small inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are planets on earth, mainly composed of rocks and metals. The four outer planets are huge planets that are much larger than the Earth. The two largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, are gas...
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The Planets Jupiter Jupiter is a gaseous planet made up of about 75% hydrogen and 24%helium. The largest planet in the solar system at 69,911 km radius, a diameter of 139,820 km, and a mass of 1.898 x 10^27kg Jupiter orbits the barycentre and not the sun as the sun lacks a gravitational effect on Jupiter. Jupiter is the only planet to not orbit around the sun Takes 11.8 years to complete its orbit Has the shortest day in the...
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Catch wind of this- Venus has it all when it comes to extreme weather conditions, and high temperatures, the atmosphere is literally crushing insane lightning storms and on top of all of that super powerful winds, space probes have been sent to Venus successfully since the 60s but due to the extreme weather can only gather data for a few minutes before having to leave the winds flow 50 times faster than the Earth rotates and it’s been found that...
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Introduction Solar system includes nine planets each of them is a unique space object which possess features that make them different from each other. Probably the most particular planet is Earth, which is the only planet where various forms of life co-exist. At the same time other planets are also interesting to explore and compare that will provide an opportunity to better understand the solar system at large, its origin and the processes it undergoes in particular. It is particularly...
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