10 Mindblowing Facts About The Solar System

10)The solar system is really big
In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager mission. The first spacecraft, Voyager 1, became the first human-made object to ever enter interstellar space. It was 2012. 

9) Uranus spins sideways
I'm sure you already know Uranus is basically a cute ball. This is what we have always been taught in class, but this gas giant hides a secret: it is actually a weird planet. 
8) The Moon has no atmosphere

The Earth has an atmosphere that protects us from all kinds of bad radiation, but not all the objects in the solar system are this lucky.
7) The sun contains 99.8 % of all mass in the Solar System

Compared to Earth, the Sun is enormous! 
6) There are probably more than 200 moons in the Solar System
yes, you've got it right! 200 is the number of moons in the Solar System, and there might be actually more!
5) There's a snowman in the outer solar system
What scientists recently discovered is that there's a tiny object orbiting the Sun out in a region of space called the Kuiper Belt, and it has the shape of a snowman: its name is Ultima Thule.
You can find the Kuiper belt well beyond the orbit of Neptune, and since our snowman lies out in that region, we refer to it as a “trans-Neptunian object”. 
4) Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our Solar System 

The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006.
3) Jupiter's great red spot is shrinking

We all knew Jupiter is the solar system largest planet, but did you know it also hosts the solar system's largest storm?
2) Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in the Solar System

The tallest mountain on Earth is mount Everest, 29,031.69 feet high.
1) The Sun lies about 8 kiloparsecs away from the galactic center.

The Solar System (and Earth) is located about 25,000 light-years or 8 kiloparsecs to the galactic center, So basically, if you were to think of the Milky Way as a big record, we would be the spot that’s roughly halfway between the center and the edge.
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Credits: Nasa/Shutterstock/Storyblocks/Elon Musk/SpaceX/ESA/ESO/ Flickr

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 10) The solar system is very big
01:18 9) Uranus Spin Sideways
02:33 8) the moon has no atmosphere
03:35 7) The sun mass...
04:306) solar system moons
05:30 5) ultima Thule
07:40 4) Pluto is not the only one
08:57 3) Jupiter's Great red spot
09:40 2) Olympus Mons
10:48 1) the sun

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[alexisscalisi]

Volcanoes are also really tall on Mars' surface because the gravity there is lower than the one on Earth :) Thanks for this and all the videos you upload!

[fredericjaquet]

"Imagine a huge object impacting with Uranus" ..I did, and now I imagine the pain 😱

[AmericanGovernment]

i have a school project about the Solar System! dis is perfect. thanks!!!!🌎

[darrenm]

What's with the fact you present Mt. Everest in Feet Tall, then show the Mars mountain in Miles?
Sort of deflated the point.
Nobody outside America knows this conversion off the top of their head and I doubt many America's even do.

If you presented in Metric units it wouldn't matter (not that most really care which units you use but be consistent)

[dorderre]

Funfact: when you measure the height of a mountain from its top to the core of the planet it stands on, then the tallest mountain in the solar system is actually Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, because Earth is the largest terrestrial planet in the solar system.
Edit: To clarify, since someone who deleted their own comment pointed out. The planets in our solar systen can be put in two groups.
A) the four terrestrial ("earthlike") planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars and
B) the four gas and ice giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Since it's rather difficult to point out mountains on a gas giant, I specifically said terrestrial planets, of whom Earth is the largest. So whatever mountain on Earth is the tallest by the definition mentioned above, is automatically the tallest in the entire solar system.
Which is Mt. Chimborazo.

[CartoonHero]

The dust on the surface of the moon actually can be "blown" around from more than just impactors and human activity on the surface. Magnetic fields and solar winds from our star cause a very slow and small scale erosion effect on the very top layers of super fine dust particles if they are polarised just right by space weather. The reason this doesn't happen and places like the landing sites for most of the lunar missions manned or unmanned to the surface would all still be in mostly pristine condition from when the dust of the Accent Module left the or the rover was powered down; is because these landing sites are deliberately far away from the most affected areas exposed to this kind of radiation/wind.

If you've ever watched something get sun bleached over the years from exposure it's like that, however; it's powerful enough to actually blast away and smooth out the edges of prints left in the dust when you don't have a atmosphere and/or magnetosphere weakening like we do here on Earth's surface.

[ege]

"Imagine a huge object impacting with Uranus and forever changing its tilt."

That's deep 🤔

[penguintheratherslowlad]

"mind blowing" is a massive overstatement. This video would be way up on the astronomy iceberg

[mm-dwrr]

Ahhh! Our solar system!? Now you're talking at a level l can relate to! Bring it home Lorenzo! 🤩

[markfairbanks]

Everyone says I act like a baby, well can you blame me, I'm not even one galactic year old yet.

[pixxelwizzard]

This was such a fun and fascinating video. Thank you so much for bringing me a few minutes of joy and wonder. :)

[heanothin]

Damn! Uranus hasn’t even orbit half way since I was born 😵

And the sun has only traveled on its orbit even though it’s around 514, 494 MPH 🫥

[TypoKnig]

Fun and informative! The minor planet is officially named Arrokoth in 2019, in part because of unfortunate groups associating with the name “Ultima Thule”.

[disclaimer.imjokin]

Talks about uranus but clearly shows neptune....
You had one job guy who edits this. One job

[tf]

If a galactic year is 250 Mio. earth years, then one galactic year ago there was still no sign of Dinosaurs. They only appeared about 235 Mio earth years ago.

[tats_sacs]

1:55 “imagine a huge object impacting with uranus …..”
😂

[johnjacobjinglehimerschmid]

Mind Who knew that the moon had no atmosphere. Good to know! pffft

[austinrempel]

Shout out to camera guy, hope nasa gives him a raise!!

[mfblowfish]

Back when astronauts walked on the moon we use to listen to vinyl records, now we listen to Smartphones and Bluetooth speakers! However never has there been another recorded moon walk???? 🤔