The Solar System

Hi, friends. I was just reading a book on our Solar family. So, I decided to share some information with you. I hope you find it interesting and informative.

THE SOLAR SYSTEM: The family of the sun

MERCURY: The Planet Nearest to the Sun

Mercury is the first of the nine planets in our Solar System and the closest to the sun. It is named after the wing-footed Roman God. Its entire surface is airless, though many different gases surround the planet. Mercury is also a place of extreme temperatures. Its hottest temperature is 400oC and its coldest is -175oC. Mercury takes 88 Earth days to go around the Sun once, which gives it a very short year. But it takes 1,146 hours to complete one rotation on its axis, so it has a very long day.

VENUS: A Morning and Evening Star

Venus is known as the morning and evening star because it is seen in the sky at pre-dawn and just after sunset. It is named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. It is completely covered by thick clouds. The temperature on the Venusian surface reaches about 464oC Venus is closest to the earth in size. Venus does not have a moon.

MARS: The Red Planet

Mars is the fourth planet in the Solar system. It is named after the Roman God of War. Since the planet is red in colour, it is known as the ‘red planet’. The reason Mars appears red is that the planet’s soil contains a lot of rusted iron. Its atmosphere is mainly made up of carbon dioxide and other gases. Two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, orbit Mars. Mars takes 687 Earth days to go around the Sun and it spins on its Axis once every 24 hours and 37 minutes. Mars has the largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons.

JUPITER: The King of Planets

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. The Romans named the planet after the King of Gods. The planet Jupiter is primarily composed of hydrogen with a small proportion of helium. Jupiter has a faint planetary ring system. At least 63 moons orbit Jupiter and Ganymede is the largest of these moons. The Great Red Spot, a giant storm that is known to have existed on Jupiter. AstronomersHave found something very exciting on one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa. They believe that it has a huge ocean of water below its surface that may have simple forms of life in it.

SATURN: The Ringed Planet

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is named after the Roman god of agriculture. The planet Saturn is composed of hydrogen, with small proportions of helium and trace elements. The interior consists of a small core of rock and ice, surrounded by a thick layer of metallic hydrogen and a gaseous outer layer. Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. Sixty known moons orbit the planet. Titan, Saturn's largest and the Solar System's second largest moon is larger than the planet Mercury and is the only moon in the Solar System to possess a significant atmosphere.

URANUS: The Seventh Planet

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is the third largest in the solar system. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1781. The atmosphere of Uranus is composed of 83% hydrogen, 15% helium, 2% methane and small amounts of acetylene and other hydrocarbons. Methane in the upper atmosphere absorbs red light, giving Uranus its blue-green color. Uranus orbits the Sun once every 84.01 Earth years. The length of a day on Uranus is 17 hours 14 minutes. Uranus has at least 21 moons. The two largest moons, Titania and Oberon, were discovered by William Herschel in 1787.

NEPTUNE: The Eighth Planet

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of the sea. Neptune's atmosphere is primarily composed of hydrogen and helium along with traces of methane. The German astronomer Johann Galle discovered Neptune. It has 12 moons. Neptune also has rings.

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Amazing Facts

I was just reading a book and came across some amazing facts. I hope that these facts will realy keep you amazed and surprised!!

AMAZINGS FACTS

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa!

Since there is no wind or water on the moon, the astronauts’ footprints will still be seen in the next 10 million years.

The Great Wall of China and the Kansai Airport of Japan are the only two man-made structures that can be seen from the outer space.

The cornea of the eyes is the only part of our body, which has no blood supply.

Earthworms have 5 pairs of heart close to the front of their bodies.

The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. They are the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.

A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew, but its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.

Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces are enough to kill a small dog.

Camels have three pairs of eye-lids to prevent the sand of the desert, entering its eyes.

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My Science Project

I had prepared a model and had attened a Science fair at a school in my city. These are some of the photographs with the model and one of my friends who had accompanied me for this fair.












It had been a great experience to explain about the model to different people. And the best part was that I got a nice experience, to look at others' models and to compete and to go to the next level. I reached till the state and I am very happy about that!!!!!!!

"Here is a judge who takes a look at my project while I am giving the speech."













- Aishani Shah

World Aids Day

World AIDS Day- December 1

Light a candle at kidsfreesouls.com and spread the message. Keep the Faith!

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Rockets

I will be attending a science fair in my school. I have been given the topic 'Rocket'. So here's a piece of information on this topic, I thought of sharing it with you. Hope you enjoy reading!!
ROCKETS

A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket engine. The name Rocket comes from the Italian Rocchetta (i.e. little fuse ), a name of a small firecracker. They are basically divided into two parts: a solid fueled rocket motor and the payload. The payload is the section which carries the instruments to conduct the experiment and send the data back to Earth.

The history of rockets goes back to at least the 13th century. The earliest rockets were used for fireworks. By the 20th century it included human spaceflight to the Moon, and in the 21st century rockets have enabled commercial space tourism.

They very lightweight, enormously powerful and can achieve extremely high speeds. Some types of rockets are: Missiles, sounding rockets, launcher rockets, thruster rockets, chemical rockets, etc.

Chemical rockets operate by expanding hot exhaust gas made from propellant against the inside of a bell nozzle, this generates forces that both accelerate the gas to extremely high speed, as well as, since every action has an equal and opposite reaction, generating a large thrust on the rocket.

Chemical rockets contain a large amount of energy in an easily liberated form, and can be very dangerous, although careful design, testing, construction and use can minimise the risks.

Rockets are used for fireworks and weaponry, as launch vehicles for artificial satellites, and for human spaceflight and exploration of other planets. People use all kinds of rockets for the same basic purpose: to carry objects through air and space. Missiles carry explosive devices to targets, while sounding rockets carry scientific instruments into the upper atmosphere. Launch vehicles boost satellites and other spacecraft into space, and smaller thruster rockets steer or stabilize spacecraft in space.

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Ketchupy Smash

Sometimes forwarded pics are also very funny. Yes, this pic is also very funny, ketchupy,smashy and coool! Hope you enjoy seeing it and laugh too!!!!!!!!


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Sunita Williams

I got an opportunity to meet Sunita Williams and also interviewed her as Kidsfreesouls Kids Reporter. Sunita is very impressive and soft spoken. We met for only a couple of minutes but it seemed as if we know each other since a long time. She is very friendly. Sunita has become my role model and it was a memorable meeting with her.

Here is my interview with Sunita Williams on kidsfreesouls.com - Kids Reporters.

- Aishani