by Rajan Gupta | Aug 27, 2020 | Universe
Comets Comets are large snowball like heavenly bodies which revolve around the sun in elliptical path. The comets are made up of rocks and dust which are held together by ice and frozen gases. Comets are formed in the distant regions of solar system beyond Pluto....
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 27, 2020 | Universe
Those heavenly bodies which moves round Sun and are illuminated by it are called planets. There are eight planets in our solar system. The planets revolve around the Sun in closed elliptical paths called orbits. Generally, all the planets spin around their own axis...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 27, 2020 | Universe
The Sun is the medium sized star which was formed about 460 crore years ago by condensation of vast clouds of hydrogen gas. The Sun is the main source of energy for all the planets including our own planet earth. It is about 100 times wider than earth and its mass is...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 27, 2020 | Universe
Our solar system is composed of sun, eight planets and their moons and a large number of minor planets such as asteroids, comets and meteors which revolve around the sun. In the solar system, the sun is present at the centre and all the eight planets keep revolving...
by Rajan Gupta | Aug 27, 2020 | Universe
Constellations are small groups of stars which appear in sky in specific shapes. There are about 88 constellations known to us. The names of these constellations have been derived from the names of animals or objects to which they appear to resemble. Some of the...
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