Paragraph on “The Movement of Planets around the Sun” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12

The Movement of Planets around the Sun

All planets in the Sun’s family were probably formed from the same spinning cloud of material from which the Sun was created. This could probably explain the reason why they move in the same direction while rotating on their axis’. This movement is necessary, if the planets did not move at just the right speed depending upon their distance from the Sun, they would be pulled in by the Sun’s gravitational field. Mercury, the planet which is closest to the Sun has to move the fastest, taking only 88 days to complete a revolution, in order to prevent being attracted towards the Sun. The Earth takes 365 days and Pluto in contrast takes about 250 years. If the planets were to move’ any faster then they would fly off into space. All planets except Uranus and Venus rotate in an anti-clockwise direction. The Sun’s family of planets and their respective moons is called the ‘Solar System.’