What If You Spent a Day on Every Planet in Our Solar System?
Body-crushing pressure. Toxic atmospheres. Unbearable temperatures. That's what would be in store if you visited other planets in our Solar System. But what other environmental hazards would you encounter? Which planets would be the safest and which would be the most dangerous? And how long could you survive on any of them?
00:00 Visiting Other Planets in the Solar System
01:03 Mercury
02:19 Venus
04:32 Mars
05:18 Jupiter
06:55 Saturn
07:44 Uranus
08:33 Neptune
How do planets get their names?
How do planets get their names? With the exception of Earth, the planets in our solar system were named after Greek or Roman gods. Today, the job of naming things in space falls to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the internationally recognized authority for naming celestial bodies and their surface features. NASA scientist Dr. Henry Throop explains more.
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