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Found 124 matches: Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextThe constellation Pegasus represents the white, winged horse of Greek mythology...
In this section of Windows to the Universe you will find art, poetry, and mythology that connect to the science of our planet. Clouds in Art Landscape artists have been painting clouds for centuries...Weather Mythology Cultures around the world have often credited wild weather events to mythological figures. Whether it is wielding thunder and lightning or creating storms at sea with anger, gods from many cultures have power over the weather...
Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Venus / Aphrodite Diameter: 12,104 km (7,522 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 243 days (retrograde) Mass: 4.87x10^24 kilograms (0.82 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 0.62 years Density: 5,243 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 177-178 o Minimum Distance from Sun: 108 million km (67 million miles) Surface Gravity: 8.87 m/s^2 (0.90 x Earth's) Maximum Distance from Sun: 109 million km (68 million miles) Average Temperature (C/F): 457 o C (855 o F) Orbital Semimajor Axis: 0.72 AU (Earth=1 AU) Average Surface Temperature (K): 730K Minimum Distance from Earth: 40 million km (25 million miles) Satellites: 0 Venus Image Archive Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form Actual Distance to Earth ...
Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Mars / Ares Diameter: 6,785 km (4,217 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 24.6 hrs Mass: 0.64x10^24 kilograms (0.11 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 1.88 years Density: 3,933 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 25 o 12" Minimum Distance from Sun: 205 million km (128 million miles) Surface Gravity: 3.7 m/s^2 (0.37 x Earth's) Maximum Distance from Sun: 249 million km (155 million miles) Temperature: -129 o C to 0 o C ( -200 o F to 32 o F) Orbital Semimajor Axis: 1.52 AU (Earth=1 AU) Average Surface Temperature (K): 218K Minimum Distance from Earth: 35 million miles Satellites: 2 Mars Image Archive Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form Actual Distance to Earth ...
In Roman mythology, Adrastea was the daughter of Jupiter and Ananke and the distributor of rewards and punishments...
Zeus (Jupiter) , the King of the gods according to Greek mythology, saw Europa as she was gathering flowers by the sea a nd immediately fell in love with her...
Dazhbog is named after a god from Slavic mythology ...
Ganymede is named after Jupiter's favorite cup bearer , from Greek/Roman mythology...
Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Neptune / Poseidon Diameter: 49,493 km (30,760 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 17.24 hrs Mass: 102.4x10^24 kilograms (17.2 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 165 years Density: 1,638 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 29 o 36" Minimum Distance from Sun: 4.46 billion km (2.77 billion miles) Surface Gravity: 11 m/s^2 (1.12 x Earth's) Maximum Distance from Sun: 4.54 billion km (2.82 billion miles) Temperature at Cloud Tops: -210 o C ( -346 o F) Orbital Semimajor Axis: 30.07 AU (Earth=1 AU) Average Cloud Top Temperature (K): 63K Minimum Distance from Earth: 4.3 billion km (2.68 billion miles) Satellites/Rings: // Call the moon count function defined in the document head print_moon_count('neptune'); known moons, faint rings Neptune Image Archive Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form Actual Distance to Earth ...
According to Mamaiuran mythology, Kuat whom represented the Sun, and Iae who represented the moon were known to play with daylight and moon shadows...
In order to know more about Chinese beliefs, visit our Chinese Mythology page ...
In Norse mythology, Thor was the god of thunder...
Greek mythology associates Sagittarius with Crotus, the son of the goat-god Pan and Eupheme, the nurse of the Muses...
Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Uranus / Uranus Diameter: 51,488 km (32,000 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 17.24 hrs ( retrograde...
The scorpion holds an infamous place in Greek mythology as the slayer of Orion...
Pandora's name comes from Greek mythology...
Makemake is the god of fertility and the creator of humans in Rapa Nui mythology ...When they chose an official name, they decided they should use a character from the mythology of Easter Island...
Uranus was named after Ouranos, one of the first gods in Greek mythology ...
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Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Saturn / Cronus Diameter: 119,871 km (74,500 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 10.67 hrs Mass: 568.5x10^24 kilograms (95 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 29.5 years Density: 687 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 26 o 42" Minimum Distance from Sun: 1.35 billion km (840 million miles) Surface Gravity: 8.96 m/s^2 (0.92 x Earth's) Maximum Distance from Sun: 1.5 billion km (938 million miles) Temperature at Cloud Tops: -170 o C (-274 o F) Orbital Semimajor Axis: 9.53 AU (Earth=1 AU) Average Cloud Top Temperature (K): 103K Minimum Distance from Earth: 1.2 billion km (746 million miles) Satellites/Rings: // Call the moon count function defined in the document head print_moon_count('saturn'); known moons, many rings Saturn Image Archive Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form Actual Distance to Earth News from NSF: A Newly Discovered Solar System Contains Scaled-Down Versions of Saturn and Jupiter (2/14/08) Podcasts from NSF: Systemic Search ...
