6 results for “wind”
Planets & the Solar System
The Sun
wind, a stream of particles racing outward at hundreds of kilometres per second. The wind fills
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Planets & the Solar System
Mars
wind whips into storms that occasionally engulf the entire globe for weeks. Giants of rock Because
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Planets & the Solar System
Uranus and Neptune
winds are the fastest known, screaming around the planet at up to 2,100 kilometres per hour
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Planets & the Solar System
Comets, Asteroids and Pluto
wind, so a comet leaving the Sun travels tail-first. The European Rosetta spacecraft orbited Comet
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Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
Winds at the boundaries blow at up to 600 kilometres per hour, in opposite directions on either
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Planets & the Solar System
Saturn
Winds at the equator are nonetheless ferocious, up to 1,800 kilometres per hour. Every twenty
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