Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Solar system

Planet earth has a circumferance of 40,075,017 kms at equator.  
The moon which is a natural satellite of the earth is 384,400 kms from the earth.  
Planet earth is the third planet from the sun and is 149,600,000 kms from the Sun or simply about 8 light minutes. 
The solar system has 9 planets, mercury, venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune and pluto. 
Well how big is the solar system?  
The Scientists are themselves divided in their opinion about this. 
Some say that it is 9 billion kms, while some say it is 27 billion kilometers and some say that it is roughly 4 light year or 40 trillion kms. 


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