Our Solar System
Our Solar System: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Neptune etc.
Important Questions on Our Solar System
Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Small planets orbiting between Jupiter and Mars are called-
What do you call the bright streaks of light in the sky that burn up and disappear as gases?
Between which two planets are asteroids located?
What is the word used for a celestial object that has a bright head and a long tail?
What is the revolving speed of earth around the sun?
What is the distance between the Earth and Saturn?
How many natural satellites orbit the earth?
The sun is about fifteen crore twenty lakhs kilometres away from the Earth while Mars is about seven crore seventy-eight lakhs kilometres away from it. Which is farther from the Earth and by how much?
List the planets besides Earth that orbit the Sun.
What other bodies orbit a star besides planets?
What body is at the centre of our solar system? Why is this body so important to us?
List the planets in our solar system in order from the one closest to the Sun to the one furthest the most far away from the Sun.
Most of the planets that have been discovered have been gas giants like Jupiter, rather than terrestrial planets like the Earth. Why do you think that it is easier to detect gas giant planets?
