All the planets visible in the night sky are members of the Sun’s family or the solar system. Planets shine with a steady light while real stars often twinkle. This is because a planet is a disc of light, whereas a star is so distant that it is always just a point of light. The Sun is a typical star in that it radiates heat and light of its own, but the planets shine only by the light they reflect from the Sun. Most stars are much larger than planets. The five planets that can be seen without the aid of a telescope are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. After the invention of the telescope, astronomers discovered three more distant planets – Uranus in 1781, Neptune in 1846 and Pluto in 1930.
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The sun
To the planets, animals, and peoples of the Earth, the Sun is a unique and vital star. Every living thing on the Earth owes its existence to the fact that the Sun is nearby and keeps shining and has done so for about 5 billion years. The energy that comes from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas was once sun-energy. These fuels are the remains of plants and animals that grew in the warmth of sun-energy millions of years ago. The nearest star, apart from the Sun, is 300,000 times farther away and the weak star energy we receive from it cannot possibly replace sun-energy.
The world
The selection of world facts and figures that follow provide the traveler with some background information on a world that seems to be more within our reach every day and a chance to look at this world as a whole before becoming engrossed in the more detailed country-by-country descriptions in the pages that you may find on this website.
Togo
Togo Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Togo, and Lomé (GPS: 6 07 N 1 13 E), the capital city of the country located in (the) Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana.
Find any address in Lomé on the Google map of Togo (TG) with ease or calculate your up to date itinerary to and from Togo or its neighboring counties like Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana.
Sightseeing and exploring in Africa starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Togo.
Tonga
Tonga Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Tonga, and Nukualofa (GPS: 21 08 S 175 12 W), the capital city of the country located in (the) Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.
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Sightseeing and exploring in Oceania starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Tonga.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Trinidad and Tobago, and Port of Spain (GPS: 10 39 N 61 31 W), the capital city of the country located in (the) Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela.
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Sightseeing and exploring in America starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Trinidad and Tobago.
Tunisia
Tunisia Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Tunisia, and Tunis (GPS: 36 48 N 10 11 E), the capital city of the country located in (the) Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya.
Find any address in Tunis on the Google map of Tunisia (TN) with ease or calculate your up to date itinerary to and from Tunisia or its neighboring counties like Algeria, Libya.
Sightseeing and exploring in Africa starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Tunisia.
Turkey
Turkey Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Turkey, and Ankara (GPS: 39 56 N 32 52 E), the capital city of the country located in (the) Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria.
Find any address in Ankara on the Google map of Turkey (TR) with ease or calculate your up to date itinerary to and from Turkey or its neighboring counties like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Syria.
Sightseeing and exploring in Asia starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Turkey.
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Turkmenistan, and Ashgabat (GPS: 37 57 N 58 23 E), the capital city of the country located in (the) Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan.
Find any address in Ashgabat on the Google map of Turkmenistan (TM) with ease or calculate your up to date itinerary to and from Turkmenistan or its neighboring counties like Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan.
Sightseeing and exploring in Asia starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Turkmenistan.
Tuvalu
Tuvalu Google maps and Driving Directions
Get free driving directions, Google maps, traffic information for Tuvalu, and Funafuti (GPS: 8 31 S 179 13 E), the capital city of the country located in (the) Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way from Hawaii to Australia.
Find any address in Funafuti on the Google map of Tuvalu (TV) with ease or calculate your up to date itinerary to and from Tuvalu or its neighboring counties like N/A.
Sightseeing and exploring in Oceania starts here, thanks to Google because its Earth Engine combines a multi-petabyte catalog of updated satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis capabilities. Wonder the world, use the satellite map function of the Google maps to explore or see differences on the Earth’s surface, inland, or the surrounding areas of Tuvalu.