The Sun is over 300000 times larger than earth.The Sun is over 300000 times larger than earth.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with a surface temperature of over 450 degrees celcius.i
The only planet that rotates on its side like a barrel is Uranus. The only planet that spins backwards relative to the others is Venus.
Saturn isn’t the only ringed planet, other gas giants such as Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have rings, they are just less obvious
The Solar System formed around 4.6 billon years ago.
Halley’s Comet was last seen in the inner Solar System in 1986, it will be visible again from Earth sometime in 2061.
Jupiter’s 4 biggest moons are named Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io.
In 2006, astronomers changed the definition of a planet. This means that Pluto is now referred to as a dwarf planet.
Some of the fastest meteoroids can travel through the solar system at a speed of around 42 kilometres per second (26 miles per second).
The first man made object sent into space was in 1957 when the Russian satellite named Sputnik was launched.