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In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration While our planet is in some ways a mere speck in the vast cosmos, we have a lot of company out there It seems that we live in a universe packed with planets – a web of countless stars accompanied by families of objects, perhaps some with life of their own
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system
Jupiter - NASA Solar System Exploration Facts About Jupiter Jupiter is the largest and oldest planet in our solar system If Jupiter was a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside But the "King of Planets" is no lumbering giant — Jupiter has the shortest day in the solar system, taking about 9 9 hours to spin around once on its axis
In Depth | Triton – NASA Solar System Exploration Like our own moon, Triton is locked in synchronous rotation with Neptune―one side faces the planet at all times But because of its unusual orbital inclination both polar regions take turns facing the Sun
In Depth | Phobos – NASA Solar System Exploration It orbits Mars three times a day, and is so close to the planet's surface that in some locations on Mars it cannot always be seen Phobos is nearing Mars at a rate of six feet (1 8 meters) every hundred years; at that rate, it will either crash into Mars in 50 million years or break up into a ring
In Depth | Ganymede – NASA Solar System Exploration Not only is it the largest moon in our solar system, bigger than the planet Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto, but NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede