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Mercury is the only one that is almost tidally-locked with the sun. This effect is known as synchronous rotation, where one side of a planet is always facing the astronomical body it is orbiting. For every two times Mercury revolves around the Sun, it rotates three times.
In terms of diameter and mass, Venus is the closest to Earth. Only a 683 km difference (less than 6%) separates the two planets’ diameters, while Venus has approximately 81.5% of Earth’s mass. No wonder our neighbor Venus is often referred to as the Earth’s twin planet.
Did you know that Earth is the densest planet in our solar system, with an average density of 5.51 grams per cubic centimeter? This is in stark contrast to Jupiter. Our solar system’s largest planet at over 1,300 times the size of Earth, Jupiter is a mere quarter of Earth’s density!
Known as the red planet, Mars is famous for its dust storms. A dust storm can erupt over the course of hours and then cover the planet within a few days, obscuring its entire face. It can take weeks, sometimes more than a month, for a planet-wide dust storm on Mars to dissipate.
Jupiter is the largest of the planets. Its “Great Red Spot” is essentially a massive, uninterrupted storm that has (as far as we know) persisted for a minimum of 300 to 400 years. It is so large that three Earths could fit inside. Talk about bad weather!
Saturn is the true lord of the rings. It has the most extensive planetary ring system of any planet in our solar system. These rings are made almost entirely out of particles of ice ranging from 1 centimeter to 10 meters in length, much like a miniature asteroid belt.
Uranus has the coldest atmosphere of any planet in our solar system, with a minimum temperature of -224° C! Categorized as an “ice giant” planet, Uranus contains more water, ammonia, and methane in its atmosphere than its “gas giant” counterparts, Jupiter or Saturn.
With the privilege of being the farthest known planet in our solar system, Neptune has only had one manmade spacecraft fly by it – the Voyager 2 in 1989: a full twelve years after it was first launched in 1977. Who knows what else lies beyond our modest solar system!
