There are only eight (08) planets in our Solar System namely: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
We will see the facts about these planets in this article.
Mercury
This planet is nearest to Sun, smallest and fastest planet.
Distance from the Sun: 57.9 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 88 days.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 58 days 15 hours and 30 minutes.
No. of satellites: 0.
Mass compared to earth: 0.055
Venus
This planet is brightest, hottest, closest to the Earth.
Distance from the Sun: 108.2 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 224.7 days.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 243 days and 14 hours.
No. of satellites: 0.
Mass compared to earth: 0.815
Earth
This planet is most dense planet, watery and bios planet.
Distance from the Sun: 149.6 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 365.25 days.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 23 hours, 56 minutes 40 seconds.
No. of satellites: 1.
Mars
Distance from the Sun: 227.9 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 687 days.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 24 hours 37 minutes and 22 seconds .
No. of satellites: 2.
Mass compared to earth: 0.108
Jupiter
This planet is largest, largest number of satellites and smallest day.
Distance from the Sun: 778.3 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 12 years.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 9 hours, 50 minutes and 30 seconds.
No. of satellites: 63.
Mass compared to earth: 317.9
Saturn
This planet is least dense.
Distance from the Sun: 1427 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 30 years.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 10 hours and 14 minutes.
No. of satellites: 56.
Mass compared to earth: 95.2
Uranus
Distance from the Sun: 2869.6 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 84 years.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 16 hours and 10 minutes.
No. of satellites: 12.
Mass compared to earth: 14.6
Neptune
This planet is coldest, slowest revolution and largest year.
Distance from the Sun: 4496.6 million kilometer.
Period of revolution around the Sun: 165 years.
Period of rotation on its own axis: 18 hours.
No. of satellites: 8.
Mass compared to earth: 17.2
