Which is the smallest planet in Solar System?
Mercury is the smallest planet in our Solar System. The size of Mercury is the smallest among all the eight planets in the solar system. Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.
Mercury is classified as a terrestrial planet. From the surface of Mercury, the Sun would appear more than three times as large as it does when viewed from Earth, and the sunlight would be as much as 11 times brighter. The planet Mercury is named after the messenger of the Roman gods ( Mercurius ) because of its fleeting nature across the sky.
Highlights :
- The solar system has eight planets. The smallest planet in the solar system is mercury.
- It speeds around the Sun every 88 days, traveling through space at nearly 29 miles (47 kilometers) per second, faster than any other planet.
- Mercury spins slowly on its axis and completes one rotation every 59 Earth days.
- Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.
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One year of Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days, while one of its days is equal to 59 Earth days.
- Mercury is classified as a terrestrial planet.
- The radius of mercury is 2439.7 km.
- Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and the smallest planet in our solar system
Other Questions :
1. What are 5 facts about Mercury?
- Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
- Mercury the smallest planet in our solar system.
- A year on Mercury is 88 Earth days.
- Mercury has no any moons.
- Mercury has the thinnest atmosphere of any planet in the solar system.
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It is the second hottest planet in the Solar System.
2. Which is the Second smallest planet?
Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is classified as a terrestrial planet. Mars is also known as the Red Planet. This is because Mars is covered in soil, rock, and dust made from iron oxide which gives the surface a red rusty colour. Mars has 2 moons called Deimos and Phobos. Mars is the 4th planet from the sun. It is 227,936,637 km (141 million miles) away from the sun.
Solar System: The solar system has one star, eight planets, five dwarf planets, at least 290 moons, more than 1.3 million asteroids, and about 3,900 comets.
