How well do you know our solar system? I hope you know that there are now 8 planets since some scientists have declared that poor Pluto is only a dwarf planet. But what are the others called?
There is Mercury, closest to the sun and now smallest planet of our solar system.
Venus, hottest of them all with suraces temperatures of about 400° Celsius (that's why we can see it so well in the night sky).
Our beloved Earth that we don't treat with much respect.
The recently conquered Mars with its many volcanoes.
Then there are the outer, or giant planets. They make up about 99% of the mass that orbits the sun.
Jupiter, about 320 times the Earth's mass.
Saturn with the characteristic rings (and after which an electronic's shop is called).
The coldest core of all the solar system planets has Uranus, which radiates very little heat into space.
And last but not least, Neptune, that is accompanied by several other smaller/minor planets in its orbit.
Now please try to pronounce them. Anything worth mentioning? Right, the second last one. Uranus. Ur-anus. Wait, what?
No worries, help is on the way! Just watch this really funny video on how to correctly pronounce the word Uranus. It might keep you from accidentaly saying something rather rude. :D It also holds a lot of interesting inormation about the origin of the name.
Intrigued? Here is a video of people pronouncing the name.
And because three's a charm, a third awesome video. The Solar System Rap. So much flow.
I hope you enjoyed this short science lesson :D
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