GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Uranus
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Saturn
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Neptune
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Jupiter
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Detailed explanation-1: -More than 30 times as far from the Sun as Earth, Neptune is the only planet in our solar system not visible to the naked eye and the first predicted by mathematics before its discovery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because Pluto has an orbit around the Sun which is very elliptical, there are times when it crosses Neptune’s orbit and becomes closer to the Sun than Neptune. For 20 years, from 1979 to 1999, Neptune was actually farther from the sun than Pluto.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, the planet farthest from the Sun is Neptune.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun, and lies over 50% farther from the Sun than Uranus, and receives only 40% its amount of sunlight, yet its internal energy is sufficient to drive the fastest planetary winds seen in the Solar System.