SOLAR SYSTEM SERIES : BASIC INTRODUCTION

Hey Astrophiles!!! Welcome to the first episode of solar system series...

Today we'll learn some basics about our solar system ....

Let's start....

What is a solar system???

A solar system is a group of planets orbiting around it's own star or stars....

What are planets??

Celestial bodies revolving / orbiting around it's own star or stars is called are planets.

There are 8 planets in our solar system...

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

What are moons or satellites??

(read it carefully)

Satellites or moons are the celestial bodies ( it can be an satellite too) which orbit around a celestial body...

Some famous moons of our solar system are

Luna

Titan

Enceladus

Europa

Ganymede

Callisto

Triton

And much more

In 2nd episode we'll learn about formation of our solar system

Fast fact: there are millions plus solar systems in milky way galaxy .

Thank you 😊