Features of the Planets in the Solar System

KOMPAS.com – There are more planets than stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Currently, there are eight planets orbiting the Sun, namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Each planet in the solar system has its own specialties, for example Earth, which is nicknamed the Blue Planet because most of its surface is covered by water.

For more details, here are Features of the planets in the solar system:

1. The biggest planet the father sun: Jupiter

The gas giant Jupiter is biggest planet in the solar system with a size more than 300 times the size of Earth.

Read also: 5 Characteristics of the Planet Mars and Unique Facts about the Red Planet

Due to its enormous size and reflective clouds, Jupiter is the third brightest object in the night sky, after the moon and Venus.

2. The smallest planet in the solar system: Mercury

Reporting from Sky & Telescope, Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system in terms of mass and volume.

Mercury has a width of 4,879 km. This tiny planet is almost 20 times smaller than Earth and about 2 and a half times smaller in diameter.

In fact, Mercury is closer to the size of the Moon than Earth.

3. The deepest planet in the solar system: Mercury

Mercury is not only the smallest planet, but also the deepest planet in the solar system.

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