DAY
LENGTH IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Venus is the only planet in the
solar system that rotates clockwise. All the other planets rotate
anticlockwise. Venus (radius 3,760.4 miles) is similar to Earth (radius
3,963.19 miles) in size and structure but spins very slowly. A day on Venus is
243 Earth days long. Earth is the densest planet in the solar system and the
only one not named after a god. Earth orbits the sun at an average speed of
66,629 mph (107 229 km/h). One year on earth is 365.24 days long. One day is 23
hours, 56 minutes and 4,06 seconds long. The extra day in a leap year was
introduced to compensate for the discrepancy in the Georgian calendar. It’s
easy to remember the order of the eight planets with this line: My Very Eager
Mother Just Served Us Nachos. The capital letters stand for the order of the
planets, starting closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
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