Description of our Solar System and it's components.
The Solar System consists of a sun at the centre and planets that revolve around the sun all at different distances from the sun and going around at different angles to each other.
The Sun
The sun at the centre of the Solar system is a star.
It is the Sun's immense gravitional pull that holds the planets in place.
The planets have no light source of their own, all light in the solar system is provided by the sun.
The Planets The planets all orbit around the Sun at different speeds and distances from the sun.
There are eight in total (or nine if you include the Dwarf planet Pluto) - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Moons Moons rotate around their parent planet. Earth has one moon, Jupitor has 63, while Mercury and Venus do not have any moons.
Asteroids Asteroids are made up of rocky debris up to 1,000km (620 miles) across. Nearly all of the Asteroids are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and also orbit the sun. These Asteroids are made up of ancient planet remnants that collided and were shattered by the impact.
Comets Comets are dirty snowballs of ice and dust that revolve around the Sun in longer much orbits hence they appear every five years or so.
Comet tails When a comet approaches the Sun, it starts to vapourise. A 'tail' of gas forms, which is pushed out behind the comet by the solar wind.
A comet's tail can reach up to ten million kilometres long. It can leave behind trails of gas that can extend several hundred million kilometres further.
Some comets actually have two tails - one of gas and another one inside made up of dust.
On average, you can see a comet with the naked eye every five or six years. However, many of these are only just visible, even if you know where to look. More spectacular displays happen about every ten years.
Two of the most famous comets are:
Halley's comet. Orbital period · 76 years. Next visible from Earth · 2061
Hale-Bopp. Dimensions · 40km, Orbital period · 4026 years
The Terrestrial & Gaseous Planets The four planets closest to the Sun are 'rocky' or 'terrestrial' planets.
They are small by planetary standards and made of similar materials to the Earth. They are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
The other planets beyond the asteroid belt are what is known as the gas giants and they all have rings and lots of moons. The gas giants are made up mostly of hydrogen, helium, frozen water, ammonia, methane, and carbon monoxide. These are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Magnetic Alignment
It may be of interest to note, that when dowsed (see Dowsing Section) that the planets in turn fit into a magnetic pattern. One would have a positive polarity followed by the nearest one to it, which would have a negative polarity aspect and so on.
In this regard there appears to be no planet X between the planets that the scientists are looking for in our solar system.
However, it should also be noted that Mars, does not follow this rule, having a different polarity to all the other planets.
In this regard Mars does seem to hold an important key being outside the usual polarity laws.
THE SUN
The Sun is at the centre of our solar system and by far the most important mass in our solar system
Size
The Sun is far larger than all our planets put together, much larger.
The Sun makes up about 98% of the total mass in the solar system.
The Earth is miniscule compared with the Sun, so tiny that you could fit 1.3 million Earths into the Suns interior.
Therefore the planets alltogether make up only 2% of our solar systems total mass (mass being solid or objects, not empty space).
Temperature of the Sun
The suns outer temperature is 6,000°C (11,000°F).
The Suns core temperature is 15,000,000° C (27,000,000° F)
The Sun releases 5 million tons of pure energy.
This energy generated at its core takes a million years to reach the suns surface.
Pressure
The pressure at the suns core reaches 340 billion times Earth's air pressure at sea level and it is this pressure that results in nuclear reactions takes place resulting in the vast energy produced by the sun
With even smaller traces of Silicon, Magnesium and Sulphur.
Therefore 99.99% of the Sun is made up of Hydogen and Helium, which is why it burns up at such high temperatures.
Sunspots
Sunspots are dark depressions on the photosphere with a typical temperature of 4,000°C (7,000°F).
Age of the Sun.
It has been estimated that the Sun has been active for approximately 4.5 billion years.
Potential Life of the Sun.
It is estimated that the sun has enough fuel in its mass to remain active for another 5 billion years.
Therefore enough potential to base all our free energy on.
The PLANETS
This site is largely about 2012 and the changing of the magnetic poles or poleshift.
The poleshift is about a 26,000 year cycle involving planetary alignment as part of a larger cycle in the universe.
Therefore a little information on the planets in our own solar system seems appropriate.
MERCURY
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
Mercury is the 8th largest of our planets, the smallest apart from Pluto which is much smaller.
Size - Diameter of Mercury is 4879 Kilometres
Mean Temperature of Mercury is approximately 167°C (333°F)
Length of day is 4222.6 hours. Length of year is 88 days
Moons 0
In Roman mythology Mercury is the god of commerce, In Roman mythology Hermes.
VENUS
Venus is the 2nd planet nearest to the Sun.
Venus is the 6th largest of our planets.
Size - Diameter is 12,104 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Venus is approximately 464°C (867°F)
Length of day is 2,812 hours . Length of year is 224.7 days
Moons 0
Venus (Greek: Aphrodite; Babylonian: Ishtar) is the goddess of love and beauty.
Venus is also the brightest of the planets.
EARTH
Earth is the 3rd planet nearest to the sun.
Earth is the 5th largest of our planets.
Size – Diameter of Earth is 12,756 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Earth is 15°C (59°F)
Length of day is 24.0 hours. Length of year is 365.2 days
Moons 1
Earth is an old English/Germanic name.
In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil (Greek: Gaia, terra mater - Mother Earth).
MARS
Mars is the 4th planet nearest to the sun.
Mars is the 7th largest of our planets.
Size – Diameter of Mars is 6794 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Mars is -65°C (-85°F)
Length of day is 24.7 hours. Length of year is 687 days
Moons 2
Mars (Greek - Ares) is the god of War.
Mars is also known as the Red Planet.
JUPITER
Jupiter is the 5th planet nearest to the sun.
Jupiter is by far the largest of our planets and is over twice the size of all the other planets.
Size – Diameter of Jupitor is 142,984 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Jupitor is -110°C (-166°F)
Length of day is 9.9 hours. Length of year is 4331 days
Moons 63
Jupiter in Greek mythology Jupitor means (Greek - Zeus) The King of the Gods.
Not known when discovered but Galileo discovered its four largest moons
SATURN
Saturn is the 6th planet nearest to the sun.
Saturn is the 2nd largest of our planets, next to Jupitor
Size – Diameter of Saturn is 120,536 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Saturn is -140°C (-226°F)
Length of day is 10.7 hours. Length of year is 10,747 days
Moons 60
In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god of agriculture.
Galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610
URANUS
Uranus is the 7th planet nearest to the sun.
Uranus is the 3rd largest of our planets next ti Jupiter (1st) and Saturn
Size – Diameter of Uranus is 51,118 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Uranus is -195°C (-319°F)
Length of day is 17.2 hours. Length of year is 30,589 days
Moons 27
In Greek mythology Uranus is the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god. Uranus was the son and mate of Gaia the father of Cronus (Saturn) and of the Cyclopes and Titans (predecessors of the Olympian gods).
Uranus was discovered on March 13, 1781.
NEPTUNE
Neptune is the 8th planet nearest to the sun.
Neptune is the 4th largest of our planets.
Size – Diameter of Neptune is 49,528 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Neptune is -200°C (-328°F)
Length of day is 16.1 hours. Length of year is 59,800 days
Moons 13
In Roman mythology Neptune (In Greek - poseidon) was the god of the Sea
Neptune was first observed by Galle and d'Arrest on 1846 Sept 23
PLUTO
Pluto is the 9th planet nearest to the sun and furthest away from the Sun.
Pluto is much smaller than all the other planets in our solar system.
Size – Diameter of Pluto is 2390 kilometres
Mean Temperature of Pluto is -225°C (-373°F)
Length of day is 153.3 hours. Length of year is 90,588 days
Moons 3
Pluto was only discovered on February 18th 1930
Pluto is classified as a Dwarf Planet.
Pluto has a satellite Charon which was discovered in 1978
In Roman mythology, Pluto (In Greek: Hades) is the god of the underworld.
The Dwarf Planets In 2006 The International Astronomical Union redefined the term planet therefore Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet. There are two other dwarf planets in the solar system, Ceres and Eris.