The Solar System Test 2

An astronaut is a trained person who explores space and universe.

Jupiter is called a red planet because of its red surface, similarly earth is called a blue planet because it is 70% covered with blue and appears blue in colour.

Neptune is the coldest planet as it is the farthest from the sun.

Uranus is the odd one out as earth. Mercury and Mars are all inner planets and Uranus is an outer planet.

The asteroid belt is present between the inner planet Mars and the outer planet Jupiter. It is a ring of small bodies, which are made of rock & metal, these are called Asteroids. They also keep moving around the sun. This ring is also called Asteroids Belt.

There are 8 planets in the solar system viz. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The storm on the Jupiter is called the great red spot. The surface of the Jupiter is red in color and due to its very fast rotation, a storm is seen which appears as q great red spot.

Moon is not considered a planet because it is not moving around a star. All the planets are moving around the star sun. Moons are the satellites that orbit around the planets. A heavenly body is considered a planet if it is revolving in a definite orbit around a star.

Comets are made up of dust and ice.

Mercury takes 88 days to orbit the sun.