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General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Solar System)

Important Facts
Biggest planet	Jupiter
Smallest plant	Mercury
Satellite of Earth	Moon
Nearest planet from Sun	Mercury
Farthest planet from Sun	Neptune
Nearest planet to Earth	Venus
Brightest planet	Venus
Brightest star	Dog Star
Planet having maximum
number of satellite	Jupiter (63)
Coldest planet	Neptune
Red planet (seen at night)	Mars
Heaviest planet	Jupiter
Biggest satellite of solar	Ganymede system
Smallest satellite of solar system	Demos
Blue planet	Earth
Red planet	Mars
Morning star	Venus
Evening star	Venus
Sister of Earth	Venus
9th planet	Karla
Sun
Distance from Earth	149.6 million km (Approximately). Critical value of absolute visual magnitude 4.83
Diameter	13,92,000 km
Temperature of Code	20-15 million Celsius Apparent surface temperature: 5778°C (6000°C approximately)
Rotational period	25 days, 3 hrs., 21 minutes, 136 seconds (in reference of equator) 33 days (in reference to pole)
Chemical composition	Hydrogen-69.5%, Helium-28%. Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen-2%, Magnesium, Sulphur, Silicon and Iron 0.5%
Age	5 billion years (approximately) Possible life of normal star 10 billion years (approximately)
Equatorial radius	6,95,500 km (approximately)