The solar system is a strange place full of incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down into human terms. The way we learn the order of the planets is actually the orbital version of what’s happening.
Venus, for example, is hotter than Mercury and its surface looks like it was formed in volcanic hell, while the ice giants are thought to have ‘diamond rains’ in their atmospheres. NASA’s Solar System Exploration Archives states that 99.8 percent of the Solar System’s mass is contained in the Sun. These 10 things you didn’t know about the Solar System reveal a universe that is far more dynamic than any textbook reveals.
