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The Solar System

The solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago and consists of the Sun and objects that orbit it including planets, moons, asteroids and comets. The inner planets are rocky and terrestrial while the outer planets are large and gaseous. Dwarf planets are smaller than major planets but still orbit the Sun. The Sun provides light and heat to sustain life on Earth.

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The Solar System

The solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago and consists of the Sun and objects that orbit it including planets, moons, asteroids and comets. The inner planets are rocky and terrestrial while the outer planets are large and gaseous. Dwarf planets are smaller than major planets but still orbit the Sun. The Sun provides light and heat to sustain life on Earth.

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The Solar System

The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects
that orbit it, including planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets and other
small bodies. It formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a
giant molecular cloud.

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by Prajwal Sonawane
Planets and their Characteristics
Inner Planets Outer Planets Dwarf Planets

The inner planets, also called the The outer planets, also called the Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake,
terrestrial planets, are Mercury, Jovian planets, are Jupiter, and Haumea are classified as
Venus, Earth, and Mars. They Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. dwarf planets. They are smaller
are rocky, dense, and relatively They are much larger, mostly than the eight major planets but
small. gaseous, and have numerous still orbit the Sun.
moons.
The Sun and its Importance

1 Source of Light and 2 Solar Activity 3 Sustains Life


Heat
The Sun's activity, The Sun's energy powers
The Sun is the central and including sunspots, solar the process of
largest body in the solar flares, and coronal mass photosynthesis, which is
system, providing the ejections, can impact essential for the survival of
planets with the light and Earth's climate and most life on Earth.
heat necessary for life. technology, such as GPS
and power grids.
Moons and Asteroids
Moons Asteroids Meteorites
Moons are natural satellites Asteroids are rocky, airless Meteorites are pieces of
that orbit planets. They vary remnants left over from the asteroids or comets that have
greatly in size, composition, formation of the solar system survived passage through the
and origin, and can provide about 4.6 billion years ago. atmosphere and landed on the
clues about the formation and They orbit the Sun and can surface of a planet or moon.
evolution of their host planets. provide valuable scientific
information.
Exploring the Solar System
Spacecraft
Robotic spacecraft have been sent to study the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the
solar system, providing unprecedented scientific data.

Observatories
Ground-based and space-based observatories, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, have
revolutionized our understanding of the solar system and the universe beyond.

Future Missions
Upcoming missions, including crewed flights to the Moon and Mars, promise to further expand our
knowledge and exploration of the solar system.

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