Planets and their Satellites

Planets and their Satellites

There are total 8 planets in our solar system & all the planets revolve around the sun in the anticlockwise direction i.e. West to East except Venus & Uranus, they both revolve in the clockwise direction i.e. East to West.

Innerplanet or Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

Outer planet or Jovian planet : Jupitar, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

List of planets according to their Size: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury.

Dwarf Planets:  Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Haumea.

(1) Mercury → It is the smallest planet.

• Fastest revolution time.
• It has no satellite and it has no atmosphere. 
• Extreme weather +400°C & –200°C.
• Mercury is also known as Roman God of Commerce.

(2) Venus → It is the hottest planet known as Earth’s Twin.

• The brightest planet is also known as morning & evening star.
• Venus is also known as Roman Goddess of Beauty.

(3) Earth → It is called Blue Planet (71% - Water)

• It has One Satellite → Moon

(4) Mars → It is called Red Planet because of high Content of FeO.

• Nix Olympia is a mountain spotted of Mars & it is 3 times higher than Mountain Everest.
• It has two Satellites Phobos and Deimos.
• It is also known as Roman God of war. 

(5) Jupiter → It is the Biggest planet [Fastest rotation]

• It has 63 Satellite and the biggest one is Ganymede.
• Callisto is the second-largest moon of Jupiter 
• It is also known as Roman King of God.

(6) Saturn → 2nd largest planet only planet with Ring (dust particle)

• It has 62 Satellites and the biggest one is Titan. 
• It is also known as Roman God of Agriculture.

(7) Uranus →It is called Green Planet because of presence Methane gas.

• Uranus has five major moons: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon.
• They range in diameter from 472 km for Miranda to 1578 km for Titania.
• There are 27 known Satellites and the biggest one is Titania.
• It is also known as Ancient Greek God.

(8) Neptune → It is the Coldest planet.

• There are 14 Satellite and the biggest one is Triton.
• It is also called as Roman God of Sea.