Seven Wonders of the Solar System
In a 1999 article, Astronomy magazine listed the Seven Wonders of the Solar System. This article was later made into a video
Enceladus is the sixth-largest of the moons of Saturn. It was discovered in 1789 byWilliam Herschel.
- The Great red spot
The Great Red Spot (GRS) is a persistent anticyclonic storm, 22° south of Jupiter's equator; Earth observations establish a minimum storm lifetime of, variously, 183 years to possibly 348 years
- The Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets.
- The surface of the Sun
- The Rings of Saturn
The rings of Saturn are the most extensive planetary ringsystem of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometres to metres, that orbit about Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with a trace component ofrocky material. There is still no consensus as to their mechanism of formation; some features of the rings suggest a relatively recent origin, but theoretical models indicate they are likely to have formed early in the Solar System's history.
Olympus Mons (Latin for Mount Olympus) is a large shield volcano on the planet Mars. By one measure, it has a height of nearly 22 km (14 mi). This makes it the tallest mountain on any planet in the Solar System (and, after the 2011 discovery of Rheasilvia Mons on 4 Vesta, the second largest mountain on any world known). It stands almost three times as tall as Mount Everest's height above sea level
Wide view of the Olympus Mons aureole,escarpment and caldera
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