In our solar system there are 10 planets. Here is the list of Top 8 Biggest Planets in the solar system.
1.Jupiter
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Jupiter |
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Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun, and it is the
First Biggest Planet in the Solar system.
- Jupiter is the largest in the Solar System.
- It is a gas giant with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun.
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But two-and-a-half times that of all the other planets in the Solar
System combined.
- The mass of Jupiter is 1.898 × 10^27 kg (317.8 M⊕).
- The Orbital period of Jupiter is 12 years.
- The Radius of Jupiter is 69,911 km.
- The Surface area of Jupiter is 61.42 billion km².
- The Distance from Sun is 778.5 million km.
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The Moons for Jupiter are Europa, Ganymede, Io, Callisto,
Valetudo, Amalthea, Carme, MORE...
2.♄Saturn
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Saturn |
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It is the sixth planet from the Sun, and it is the
Second Biggest Planet in the Solar system.
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Saturn is a gas giant with an average radius of about 9 times
that of Earth.
- Saturn only had one-eighth the average density of Earth.
- It is over 95 times more massive.
- The Orbital Period of Saturn is 29 years.
- The Distance from Sun is 1.434 billion km.
- The Mass of Saturn is 5.683 × 10^26 kg (95.16 M⊕).
- The Radius of Saturn is 58,232 km.
- The Surface area of Saturn is 42.7 billion km².
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The Moons for Saturn are Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Iapetus,
Dione, Hyperion, Phoebe, MORE...
3.⛢Uranus
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Uranus |
- It is the seventh planet from the Sun.
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It has the third-largest planetary radius, and it is the
Third Biggest Planet in the Solar system.
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It has the fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.
- It is similar in composition to Neptune.
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They both have bulk chemical compositions that differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.
- The Distance from Sun is 2.871 billion km.
- The Orbital period of Uranus is 84 years.
- Uranus is Discovered on 13 March 1781.
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The Mass of Uranus is 8.681 × 10^25 kg (14.54 M⊕).
- Uranus is Discovered by William Herschel.
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The Moons for Uranus are Umbriel, Miranda, Titania,
Oberon, Puck, Cressida, MORE...
4.♆Neptune
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Neptune
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It is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in
the Solar System.
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In the Solar System, Neptune is the fourth-largest
planet by diameter.
- The third-most-massive planet.
- Neptune is the densest giant planet.
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It is 17 times the mass of Earth and it is the
Fourth Biggest Planet in the Solar system.
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Neptune is slightly more massive than its near-twin
Uranus.
- The Orbital period of Neptune is 165 years.
- The Distance from Sun is 4.495 billion km.
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The Surface area of Neptune is 7.618 billion km².
- The Radius of Neptune is 24,622 km.
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The Moons for Neptune is Triton, Thalassa, Naiad,
Nereid, Neso, Proteus, Hippocamp, Despina, Galatea,
Halimede, Laomedeia, Psamathe, Larissa, Sao.
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The Discoverers of Neptune is Urbain Le Verrier,
Johann Gottfried Galle, John Couch Adams.
5.♁Earth
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Earth
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- It is the 5th Largest Planet.
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The Orbital Period of Earth is 365.256363004 days.
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The Satellite of the Earth is Moon, and it is the
Fifth Biggest Planet in the Solar system.
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The Mass of Earth is 5.97237×1024 kg (1.31668×1025 lb).
- The distance from the Sun is 149.60 million km.
- It is the only planet where there is life.
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The Age of Earth is 4.543 billion years.
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The Radius of Earth is 6,371 km.
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The Population of Earth is 759.43 crores (2018).
6.♀Venus
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Venus
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- It is the second planet from the Sun.
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Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and
beauty.
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Venus is the second-brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon.
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It can cast shadows and, rarely, is visible to the naked eye in broad daylight.
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The Orbital period of Venus is 225
days, and it is the Sixth Biggest Planet in the
Solar system.
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The Length of the day of Venus is 116d
18h 0m.
- The Distance from Sun is 108.2 million km.
- The Radius of Venus is 6,051.8 km.
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The Equatorial rotation velocity of Venus is 6.52 km/h (1.81 m/s).
7.♂︎Mars
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Mars
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- It is the fourth planet from the Sun.
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Mars is the second-smallest planet in the Solar
System after Mercury.
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In English Mars means the name of the Roman god of war.
- It is often referred to as the 'Red Planet'.
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The Gravity of Mars is 3.711 m/s² and
it is the Seventh Biggest Planet in the Solar
system.
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The Orbital Period of Mars is 687 days.
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The Mass of Mars is 6.39 × 10^23 kg (0.107
M⊕).
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The surface pressure of Mars is 0.636
(0.4–0.87) kPa; 0.00628 atm.
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The Moons of Mars are Phobos, Deimos.
8.☿Mercury
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Mercury
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It is the smallest and innermost planet in the
Solar System.
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Mercury's orbit around the Sun takes 87.97
days.
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The shortest of all the planets in the Solar
System.
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Mercury is named after the Roman deity
Mercury.
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Mercury is the messenger of the gods, and it
is the Eighth Biggest Planet in the Solar
system.
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The Orbital Period of Mercury is 88
days.
- The Distance from Sun is 57.91 million km
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The Length of a day of Mercury is 58d
15h 30m.
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The Mass of Mercury is 3.285 × 10^23
kg (0.055 M⊕).
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The Radius of Mercury is 2,439.7 km.