Planet

A planet is an astronomical object orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough
to be rounded by its own gravity. It is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has
cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.
Only 3 of the 9 planets in our solar system have official discoverers and times of discovery.
The reason is simple, all of the other planets are easily seen by the unaided human eye. This
means that humankind has been looking at these objects since first gazing at the night sky. That 3
planets are Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. It was discovered in different time and astronomer.
Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1781, Neptune was discovered by John
Couch Adams in 1846 and Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930.
The Solar System was formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust which spun around a
newly forming star, our Sun, at its center. The planets all formed from this spinning disk-shaped
cloud, and continued this rotating course around the Sun after they were formed. The gravity of
the Sun keeps the planets in their orbits. They stay in their orbits because there is no other force
in the Solar System which can stop them.
The planets have been categorized into two group according to their constituent materials
that is rocky planets and gaseous planets. Rocky planets are the four innermost members of our
solar system Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all solid rocky bodies. For that reason they are
called rocky planets or the terrestrial planets. Earth bears evidence of surface erosion processes,
such as volcanism or meteorite bombardment, which have played a significant role in shaping
the surface we see today. In 1974 and 1975 Mariner 10 space probe revealed the surface of
Mercury with mountainous regions, valleys and plains.The surface was like that of moon.In 1978
American Pioneer Venus mission's radar mapping demonstrated a surface that consisted of
upland regions with two dominant highland areas, Ishtar Terra and Aphrodite Terra. The
outermost of the terrestrial planets is Mars. Mars is geologically very active. The effects of wind
and water erosion are very much in evidence on the planet's surface. Mars is also considered by
some astronomers to be still volcanically active. Gaseous planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune. Jupiter and Saturn are very large planets. The main body of these two planets is
composed of liquid hydrogen and helium. Jupiter and Saturn are known to have solid rocky cores
and magnetic field. Uranus and Neptune are smaller than Jupiter or Saturn. They have similar
atmospheres with hydrogen, helium and methane, ethane is also found on Neptune.