Harshvardhan Exploring Space

Earth is the third planet in our Solar System. Earth completes one revolution in 365 days . Earth was formed over 4.5 Billion years ago . It has one natural satellite which we call moon    It is also called blue planet because it has 70% water. It is the only planet in our Solar System that harbours life.    It is 152.06 million kms away from the Sun. Mass of Earth is 5.972 x 10 29  Kg. Mercury and Venus are inferior to Earth .

Mercury is the first planet of our Solar System Mercury completes one revolution in 88 days. Mass of Mercury is 3.285 x 10 23 Kg. It is 60.80 million kms away from the Sun. Like Venus, Mercury orbits the sun within the Earth's orbit as an inferior planet. Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. Mercury is severely hot during the day and extremely cold during the night as there is no atmosphere . It has no natural satellite. All other planets are superior to Mercury as their orbits envelope Mercury's orbit. It is named after the Roman deity Mercury , messenger of the gods.  

Hello people, my name is Harshvardhan Pamnani. I am 8 years old. I am a student at Saint Mary's School, Mount Abu, standard 3. I enjoy learning about space and drawing planets in my free time. I am taking my elder brother's help to setup this blog so that I can share what I learn about space, with you all. Happy reading. :)