I need interesting facts or unquie features about each planet. not encuding earth. and also how many moons each planet has. Thanks for the help.
2007-10-09 16:38:28 · 9 answers · asked by Rose16 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Guess what?
Due to Mercury's rotation and highly elliptical orbit, the Sun appears to rise briefly, set, and rise again before it travels westward across the sky. At sunset, the Sun appears to set, rise again briefly, and then set again.
Guess what?
Venus is referred to as the Evening Star because it is the brightest planet that can be viewed from Earth. Its thick cloud cover is an excellent reflector of the Sun's light.
Wow!
Earth is the only inner planet in our solar system that has liquid water on its surface. Seventy percent of the surface is covered by oceans where photosynthesis takes place. This makes the ocean the principal life habitat on Earth.
Isn't that amazing?
Some of the meteorites found on Earth are actually pieces of the planet Mars. Scientists study these meteorites for evidence of tiny ancient bacteria and other signs that life may have once existed on Mars.
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Jupiter is so large that all of the other planets in the solar system could fit inside of it.
Isn't that interesting?
Saturn has the lowest density of any planet in our solar system. Its density is so low that it would float if it was placed in water.
Guess what?
Uranus is a large, plain, blue-green planet which can only be seen from the Earth with the unaided eye on a clear, dark night.
Wow!
Neptune was discovered because Uranus did not follow the orbital path predicted by astronomers. Astronomers assumed that the gravitational pull of another object was affecting the orbit of Uranus. This led them to look for, and find, Neptune.
i hope you could google up about the moons.
thank you for asking the question.
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2007-10-09 17:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by SIMONE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you just check out wikipedia for each planet, you will find a lot of useful and interesting information, including moons, length of day, length of year, and a lot of other data.
2007-10-09 16:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Borrow a book called Contemporary Astronomy from your library. It is by Jay Pasachoff.
It is an introducory text book used at Uni.
It is very easy to read,and while a bit dated now, will bombard you with interesting facts, the theories behind them and most likely explanations.
2007-10-09 16:55:50 · answer #3 · answered by Brett2010 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the BEST answers you could find are here at wiki.
maybe not "interesting" facts, but it surely has the unique features of each planet
Click on each of the planets in the picture on the page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Solar_system_table
2007-10-09 19:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have to agree with the other person that mentioned Wikipedia. That is an excellent resource for information about our solar system. Just go to www.wikipedia.org and search for planet!
2007-10-09 17:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by Dan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The following site contains a calculator (and java help if needed) identifying many unique characteristics about all the planets: http://www.a2dvoices.com/realitycheck/Coriolos/
Orbits distances, rotation periods, orbit periods, oblateness, ...
2007-10-10 14:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by M D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know exactly what you want. But if you wend down the article on this web site you will have more than enough for your assignment.
2007-10-09 16:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by eric l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pluto has one moon
saturn has over 18....
venus is the hottest planet....due to its poisonous gassses...
2007-10-09 17:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by o.O 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can give you a few interesting facts about Uranus...........if you're curious.
2007-10-09 16:45:53 · answer #9 · answered by milbrew45 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋