Space One-Liners for various competitive examination

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Here are some important Space one-liners for students competing for various exams

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1- The Planets in our Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (currently considered as a dwarf planet).

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2-Mercury is the smallest and it has no Natural Satellites. It is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System.

* Its orbital period around the Sun is of 88 days and it is the innermost planet in the Solar System.

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3-Venus is the second planet orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.

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* Venus has no Natural Satellites. Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets.

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* It is the second brightest object with a magnitude of between -3.8 to -4.6, in the night sky after the Moon and the Atmospheric pressure on Venus is 92 times greater than the Earth’s.

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* Venus planet is often called the Earth’s sister planet due to its similar size and composition.

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* It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

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* Surface Temperature is 462 °C. It can reach 471 °C.

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* Venus has a diameter of 12,104 km.

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* The planet is thought to be made up of a central iron core, rocky mantle, and silicate crust.

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* It does not have any moons or rings.

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* A day on the surface of Venus (solar day) takes 117 Earth days.

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* Venus is also known as the Morning Star and the Evening Star.

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* Mayan astronomers made detailed observations of Venus as early as 650 AD.

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* Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system.

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* More than 1,000 volcanoes or volcanic centers larger than 20 km have been found on the surface of Venus.

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* The Soviet Union’s Venera 3 was the first man-made craft to land on Venus in 1966.

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