10 Amazing Scientific “Facts of Nature and Space Science” interesting facts for Class 10 and 12 Part 6

Facts of Nature & Space – 6

141. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It is made up of whirling gasses and is always covered with clouds. The planet has the most powerful radio waves.

142. Uranus is greenish in colour and contains methane gas. It is mainly composed of hydrogen and ice.

143. Neptune is the windiest planet in the solar system. It has eight satellites and five rings around it.

144. Pluto is both the smallest and the coldest planet in the solar system. It has only one satellite and that is called ‘Charon’.

145. Sadna is the tenth planet in the solar system. The planet has been discovered recently.

146. The earth’s distance from the sun is about 149,500,000 km.
147. The equatorial diameter of the earth is about 12,756 km.

148. The earth’s average speed around the sun is about 30 km per second.

149. The temperature of earth’s inner core is about 5,700 degrees Celsius.

150. The sand on the beaches is not always yellow. Yellow sand contains quartz. Beaches like those on the Hawaiian Islands have black sand. Black sand results from the black lava produced form the eruption of volcanoes.