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Earth, Solar System , Planets –Important Points The Sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. The order of the planets, starting closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. There are 1040 islands around Britain, one of which is the smallest island in the world: Bishop’s Rock. …
Physics Stars and the Solar System 1-Sundial -A Clock based on shadows of an object due to Sunlight . 2-Celestial Bodies -The heavenly bodies are known as celestial bodies. 3-Local noon -The time when the shortest shadow occurs is called the local noon time at that place. 4-Dakshinayanam – When the Sun looks …
Geography SOLAR SYSTEM 1-Our solar system consists of the sun (the star), planets, satellites, millions of smaller bodies like asteroids, meteorites and comets and huge quantity of dust-grains and gases. 2-Out of the nine planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called as the inner planets as they lie between …