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SOIAR SYSTEM. SUN. Diameter : 1,384,000 km. Age:4.5 billion years . Satellites :9 planets.
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SUN • Diameter : 1,384,000 km. • Age:4.5 billion years . • Satellites :9 planets. • A rather ordinary ,middle-age star ,the gaseous sun may reach a temperature of 27 million degrees celslus at its core . Its 11- year cycle is now approaching a solar maximum ,a period mark ed by frequent sunspots and flares. On earth ,some radio waves will be disturbed and the amazing sky streamers called northern lights will appear.
MERCURY • Diameter:4,849.6km • Moons: none. • Average distance to the sun;57.6 km • Time to orbit the sun:88 days.
VENUS • Diameter: 12,032km. • Moons: none. • Average distance to the sun: 107.52 million km. • Time to orbit the sun: 225 days.
EARTH • Diameter:12,739.2 km. • Moons:1 • Average distance to the sun:148.8 million km. • Time to orbit the sun:365 days
MARS Diameter : 6,755.2 km . Moons :2. Average distance to the sun : 225.6 million km. Time to orbit the sun :678 days . The Viking probes fail to find any sing of life . Beneath its thin atmosphere, mars is barren, covered with pink soil and boulders. Long ago it was more active ; the surface is marked with dormant volcanoes and deep chasms where water once freely flowed .
JUPITER • Diameter:141,968 km. • Moons: 16. • Average distance to the sun: 772.8 million km. • Time to orbit the sun: 11.9 years.
SATURN • Diameter: 119,296 km. • Moons: 20 or more. • Average distance to the sun: 1,417.6 million km. • Time to orbit the sun: 29.5 years.
NEPTUNE • Diameter: 49.000 km. • Moons: 8. • Average distance to the sun: 4,497 million km. • Time to orbit the sun: 165 years.
PLUTO • Diameter: 3,040 km. • Moons: 1. • Average distance to the sun: 5,865.6 million km. • Time to orbit the sun: 248 years.