Author: Bharat Kumar | Last Updated: Sat 5 Jun 2010 4:24:11 PM
Bharat Kumar
Venus is the brightest planet in our sky and can sometimes be seen with the naked eye.
Earth has more exposed water than land. Three quarters of the Earth is covered by water!
Mars is the home of "Olympus Mons", the largest volcano found in the solar system.
Jupiter is so big that you could fit all the other planets in the solar system inside it.
Jupiter's really really big and yet, Jupiter is the fastest rotating planet. Saturn is the second biggest planet, but it’s also the lightest planet. It would float if put in water!
Venus is actually the hottest planet in the Solar System (though Mercury is nearest to Sun).
Uranus is the coldest place in the Solar System (though Pluto is furtherest to Sun)
Sun makes up 99.86% of the Solar System's mass! That means that all the planets + asteroids put together only make up about 0.14% of the Solar System's mass
Just a pinhead of the Sun's raw material could kill someone up to 160 kilometres away!