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What are Planets
Project Report on Planets
What are Planets
The word-planet-has come down
from the Greek word-planets-which means wand ever. Planets were first
discovered to be different from the star by Greek astronomers in ancient
times. They look much like stars in the night-sky but two facts make them
differ from the stars.
1. Planets shine steadily as they
are dark solid bodies and have no light of their own. They get light from
the sun and shine by virtue of this light.
Stars, on the other hand, appear
to be twinkling just as the lame of a cunjle lickers in light wind. This
twinkle is caused by the moving air of the atmosphere.
2. Planets move in relation to
the stars. This movement was also first noted by ancient Greek scholar's.
The planets differ greatly in size and also in distance from the sun. As for
weight, they together weight less than a hundredth of the sun's weight.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune are called Major planets while Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are
called terrestrial planets. Pluto has not yet been placed in any of the two
categories as little is known about it.
Astronomers do not believe that
there are any more planets beyond Pluto. But they believe that most of the
other stars in the universe have planets revolving around them.
Most of the planets have smaller
non-light-emitting bodies revolving around them. These smaller bodies are
called their satellites or moons. Just like the planets, these moons are lit
by sunlight and shine partly at a time.
Our moon is the only satellite of
our earth. It is lit with sunlight and rejects it back into the space. Most
of the heat of the sunlight is absorbed by it's surface. As a result, the
moon shine is cool and soothing. It is, in fact, true in the case of all the
moons of various planets.