EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun in our Solar System but there are dwarf planets further out, notably Pluto. Pluto’s orbit is a much more elongated ellipse than those of the other planets, so for 20 years out of its 249-year orbit, it is in fact closer to the Sun than Neptune.

Detailed explanation-2: -IAU declared Pluto a dwarf planet in 2006, so now Neptune is the farthest planet. Its distance from Sun in the Solar System is 4495 million km.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pluto is currently the most distant planet from the Sun, though as you probably know Pluto was “demoted” to dwarf planet status in August 2006.

Detailed explanation-4: -Is Pluto or the Sun Closer to Earth? The Sun is much more closer to Earth than Pluto. Even when Pluto makes its closest approach to the Sun, it is still farther away from us than the Sun.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most distant planet in the Solar System is Neptune, which orbits the Sun at an average distance of 4.498 billion km (2.794 billion miles). Neptune was discovered by the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle on 23 September 1846.