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Some Amazing Facts of our Solar System You Should Know!

The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. It includes the family of 8 planets orbiting the sun, as well as moons of these planets, and smaller objects, such as comets, asteroids, and bits of space rock.

Here are some important facts you should know about our solar system:

Summer at south pole on Uranus lasts 42 years:

The Poles on Uranus are warmer than the equator. Because Uranus is tilted on its side, the poles are the warmest places on the planet. Summer at south pole lasts 42 years!

Mars has the biggest volcano in our solar system:

There's a record-breaking volcano on Mars. Olympus Mons is about 370 miles across and towers over 15 miles high. It's the solar system's biggest volcano. Long ago it spurted out runny rivers of black lava.

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Triton is one of the coldest places ever recorded:

Triton is the moon of Neptune. It is about four-fifths the size of our moon. It is one of the coldest places ever recorded. The Temperature on the ice-covered moon is minus 392 F. That's just 98 F away from being the lowest possible temperature in the entire universe.

Hyperion is the largest non-spherical moon in the solar system:

Hyperion, one of Saturn's moons, is the largest non-spherical moon in the Solar System.  It is distinguished by its irregular shape, its chaotic rotation, and its unexplained sponge-like appearance. It was the first non-round moon to be discovered. It is half as dense as water and would actually float in a bathtub if it was big enough.

Pluto is smaller than the United States:

Pluto is a dwarf planet - the smallest in the solar system. At 1,463 miles across, it is less than half in width than the United States which is nearly 2,900 miles. that's why in 2006, the International Astronomical Union changed Pluto’s status from major planet to dwarf planet.

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