Our ever expanding solar system is a few facts about each planet and how interesting and complex our solar system really is.

Our ever expanding solar system 

Venus- A day on Venus is longer than a year Venus is hotter than Mercury despite being further away from the Sun Unlike the other planets in our solar system, Venus spins clockwise on its axis Venus is the second brightest natural object in the night sky after the Moon

Jupiter- Jupiter Cannot Become a Star Jupiter Is the Fastest Spinning Planet in The Solar System The Clouds on Jupiter Are Only 50 km Thick The Great Red Spot Has Been Around for A Long Time&nbsp; Jupiter's Magnetic Field Is 14 Times Stronger Than Earth's

Mars- Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system Only 18 missions to Mars have been successful&nbsp; Mars has the largest dust storms in the solar system On Mars the Sun appears about half the size as it does on Earth

The Sun- Accounts for 99.86% of the mass in the solar system Over one million Earth's could fit inside the Sun One day the Sun will consume the Earth The sun is almost a perfect sphere It traveling at 220 km per second The energy created by the Sun's core is nuclear fusion

Mercury- Mercury is the smallest planet. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Your weight on Mercury would be 38% of your weight on Earth. A solar day on the surface of Mercury lasts 176 Earth days. A year on Mercury takes 88 Earth days.

Uranus- Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System Uranus orbits the Sun on its side A Season on Uranus lasts one long day – 42 years Uranus is the second-least dense planet The atmosphere of Uranus contains “ices” Uranus has 27 moons:

Saturn- Saturn's interior is most likely composed of&nbsp;a core of iron Saturn is the&nbsp;sixth planet from the Sun&nbsp;and the second-largest planet in our solar system. Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System Saturn is a flattened ball

The Moon- The Sun and the Moon are not the same size The Moon is drifting away from the Earth The Moon was made when a rock smashed into Earth The Moon makes the Earth move as well as the tides

Pluto- Reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 Pluto was discovered on February 18th, 1930, by the Lowell Observatory Pluto has five known moons Pluto is the largest dwarf planet Pluto is one third water.

Neptune- Neptune is the Most Distant Planet It has the Smallest of the Gas Giants Neptune's Surface Gravity is Almost Earth-like Neptune has the Strongest Winds in the Solar System Neptune is the Coldest Planet in the Solar System

Glossary -Solar system: Our solar system consists of&nbsp;our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity&nbsp;– the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids -Gravity:The universal force of attraction acting between all matter. On Earth all bodies have a weight, or downward force of gravity, proportional to their mass, which Earth's mass exerts on them. Gravity is measured by the acceleration that it gives to freely falling objects. -Gas giants: The gas giants of our solar system are&nbsp;Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These four large planets, also called jovian planets after Jupiter, reside in the outer part of the solar system past the orbits of Mars and the asteroid belt -Controversy: disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated. -Dwarf planet: The five best-known dwarf planets are&nbsp;Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris. Except for Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt, these small worlds are located in the Kuiper Belt. They're considered dwarfs because they are massive, round, and orbit the Sun, but haven't cleared their orbital path. -Lowell Observatory: An astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. -Tides: Tides are&nbsp;the rise and fall of sea levels&nbsp;caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth -Consume: Intake, Absorb -Km per second: Kilometer per second (km/s) is&nbsp;a unit of speed. One km/s is the equivalent of 1000 m/s or 3600 km/h. -Nuclear fusion: Reactions power the Sun and other stars. In a fusion reaction,&nbsp;two light nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus. The process releases energy because the total mass of the resulting single nucleus is less than the mass of the two original nuclei. The leftover mass becomes energy.