The types of planet

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  • Types of the planet on solar system
    mercury
    venus
    earth
    mars
    jupiter
    saturn
    uranus
    neptune
  • Asteroid Belt
    A region filled with rocky objects located between mars and Jupiter
  • The four large outer planets
    • Jupiter
    • Saturn
    • Uranus
    • Neptune
  • Kuiper belt is a region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  • Heliopause is the boundary where sun influences ends , shaped like a tear drop
  • Scientists estimate that the edge of the solar system is about 9 billion miles (15 billion kilometers) from the sun
  • Beyond the Heliopause lies the giant spherical Oort cloud
  • The discovery of Pluto
    1930
  • International Astronomical Union decided to designate Pluto as a dwarf planet

    2006
  • In the 1990s, astronomers started to argue about Pluto if it is indeed a planet
  • Pluto's path around the sun
    Is tilted and shaped like an oval
  • Sometimes Pluto is closer to the sun
    Sometimes it is much further away
  • Planet Nine
    Also called "Planet X", believed to be about 10 times the mass of Earth and 5,000 times the mass of Pluto
  • Evidence for "Planet Nine" was revealed after a mathematical study

    January 20, 201
  • Order of the planets by size
    • Mercury
    • Venus
    • Mars
    • Earth
    • Neptune
    • Uranus
    • Saturn
    • Jupiter
  • The inner planets are also called as Terrestrial planets
  • Terrestrial Planets have solid surfaces with rocky crusts
  • The four large outer planets are also called as jovian or jupiter like
  • Jovian is located in the colder region , they also made gases like hydrogen , helium , and ammonia
  • Jupiter and saturn are the gas giants
  • Uranus and neptune are the ice giants
  • Uranus and neptune have a lot of water and other substance like methane and hydrogen sulfide in their atmosphere
  • The sun is the largest object in our solar system containing 99.8% of its mass
  • Planets move around the sun in oval path also called as ellipes