Interesting facts about the Solar System, did you know?

Image credit unsplash & tenor.com The Solar System includes the Sun and those celestial objects, which are bound to each other by gravitational force in this system.

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[{"selector":"#anim-e85a3a54-1931-4b7e-9fac-71645683d5e2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-3.552713678800501e-15%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com The Red Planet is very cold, so cold that ice and frost can form not only at the poles.

[{"selector":"#anim-d08c52c7-6331-4830-b7d8-8fd9ff079a12 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.285244247341844%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth of Earth's average density

[{"selector":"#anim-e471bd8f-d30a-4c46-a627-abeb29bbdb30 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.63159166721232%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com NASA scientists have announced that Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede has a vast underground ocean of salt water

[{"selector":"#anim-9388d9a6-440c-4a9d-82c0-4fcc1a267746 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com The Solar System was formed 4.6 billion years ago from a cloud of gas and dust called the Solar Nebula.

[{"selector":"#anim-e654ab51-de26-41d5-abd3-5c264e579980 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(18.51679085373723%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com There are at least 250 to 500 billion stars in the Milky Way - there may be more. There are at least 30 times more stars in the Milky Way than there are on Earth.

[{"selector":"#anim-ce472f46-1556-4a6e-a37c-8cf140a7e7a3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-12.766409789878471%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com At one time people thought that the earth was flat. We now know and can prove through satellite images that it is a sphere.

[{"selector":"#anim-d7e3b766-4800-407b-ba9a-a4e59ee9e99d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(28.90624987200394%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com On the night of 23 September 1846, astronomers discovered Neptune through a telescope.

[{"selector":"#anim-4973abfb-0d1d-47a9-9346-aee8771e0111 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com Yellow clouds made of sulfur cover the entire planet. We can often see it at night. This is usually the first 'star' you will see.