Neptune

The exoplanet Kepler-47 b was found in 2012 using transit method. It is the inner planet in an arrangement of 2 planets orbiting around Kepler-47system, located in the constellation of Cygnus in 4892 light years from the Sun. [7]. It is the smallest planet of the two present in system. Despite being the smallest circumbinary planet detected to this date, the inner planet, Kepler-47 b still has a radius of 3.0±0.1 Earth radii. In addition, too small to be measured directly, has been determined…

There are many unique contrasts between Jovian and Terrestrial Planets. Firstly, Jovian Planets are visibly bigger than the Terrestrial Planets, which, are notably smaller. The reason, a Jovian Planet is bigger than a terrestrial planet due to its closeness to the sun as well as its chemical composition. Secondly, A Jovian Planet has rings while a Terrestrial Planet has none. A Jovian Planet’s rings have a composition of rock and ice that orbit the sun. However, A Terrestrial Planet does not…

rings. It is also very unique because it is basically sideways, its poles are in the same position as the equators of other planets. The farthest planet from the sun is Neptune, averagely 2.9 billion km away from the sun. Neptune has 13 moons and also has rings. Its orbit takes 164 Earth years and its rotation takes 16.1 hours. Neptune is extremely unique, it gives off more heat than it receives from the sun. It is also the stormiest planet in our solar…

planet Pluto that was once the minute planet out of them all is now the largest dwarf planet that scientists know of in the solar system. The tiny dwarf planet Pluto is a massive associate of the Kuiper Belt (a shadowy zone beyond the orbit of Neptune). Nevertheless, if Pluto is near the sun the ices on Pluto’s surface thaw and form a thin atmosphere, this atmosphere consists of nitrogen and little amounts of methane. Pluto’s atmosphere only will stay temporarily. However the rotation of…

take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I don’t care, I’m still free, you can’t take Pluto from me. Probably the most debated planet, Pluto was discovered in 1905 by Percival Lowell with predictions calculated through the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. However, Pluto was officially seen and declared as a planet in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh through a telescope (“Pluto Discovered.”). It has only been recently that we have discovered more about Pluto as the mission, New Horizons by NASA, just…

Opinion: Pluto is a Dwarf Planet This astronomical study will define the development of Pluto from being a planet to a “dwarf planet” in the solar system. Pluto is a planet with about 30 to 49 astronomical units away from the sun, and it takes about 5 hours for the light of sun to reach its surface. Pluto also has an orbit of 248 years, which makes the longest orbital time period for a planetary object in the solar system. The mass of Pluto is 1.303±0.003)×1022 kg and the radius of the planet…

where the ninth planet would be. A whole decade of searching had led Lowell nowhere. After nineteen years, Tombaugh using there Lowell’s calculations led him to discover the small planet that would be known as Pluto. Since Pluto was much small than Neptune and Uranus, the question of whether it’s mass was enough to cause the wobbles in Uranus and Neptune’s orbit. Twenty-eight years later, when Pluto’s biggest moon, Charon, was discovered they were able to conclude that both Pluto and Charon’s…

The existence of the Kuiper Belt was hypothesized by Gerard Kuiper in 1951. Kuiper described an expanse of icy space material beyond Neptune as the only explanation for short-lived comets. However, that anomaly was not the sole phenomenon the Kuiper Belt and its contents helped explain. The Kuiper Belt’s primordial origins have established it as one of the most helpful tools to aid in learning more about the solar system’s beginning. Its existence debunks the original theory of the belt’s…

The universe What is the universe? How big is it? What is all part of the universe? These may be questions that you probably wonder when you read something about a planet or learn from a science book. The universe is so big that it is hard for people to understand just how big it is. The meaning of the universe is all existing matter and space considered as a whole. (Davies, Luke. "How Big Is the Universe?" How Big Is the Universe? N.p., 5 Oct. 2015. Web. 09 May 2016. Website) How gigantic is…

always see it. This is one of the most remarkable and unique things in the Solar System. It is a tourist site that people will not see elsewhere in the solar system. Experts never believed that beyond Neptune it was just Pluto. So, in 1992, they found a vast army of frozen bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, now known as the Kuiper belt. The Kuiper belt contains ice bodies at temperatures maybe 200 degrees colder than a room full of ice. Pluto is not alone; out there keeping Pluton accompanied…