Solar System

Padma Yanamandra-Fisher

Early Life

Padma grew up in India. She loved space and science even as a child. She'd look at the night sky with her parents, and her dad would tell her stories about the stars they could see. Padma wondered what other cultures might say about those same stars. Would their stories be different to the ones she heard? It made her curious about the sky above.

Research Areas: Comets, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Rings, Polarization of light in the Solar System

"One of the wonderful things about science is that it is open and available to anybody."

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Our Solar System contains the Sun, 8 planets, and lots of smaller objects. It formed 4,500 million years ago.

Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Like Mercury, Earth and Mars, Venus is a terrestrial planet. It has a solid surface and is mainly made of rock.

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Venus - Rotating Model

Uranus

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Uranus - Rotating Model

Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System.

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Saturn - Rotating Model

Neptune

Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun. About 30 times further away than the Earth is. It is a blue giant planet like Uranus.

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Neptune - Rotating Model

Jupiter - Rotating Model

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. It is the largest of four rocky, or terrestrial, planets.

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Earth - Rotating Model

Early Life

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