GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Neptune
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Earth
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Mercury
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun, Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mercury is the closest planet to the sun simply because this is the area where its matter first coalesced about 4.5 billion years ago.
Detailed explanation-3: -Venus and Mercury are the two planets that orbit closest to the Sun. Mercury orbits at an average distance of 58 million km, while Venus orbits at a distance of 108 million km. Mercury takes 88 Earth days to complete an orbit, and Venus takes 225 days to orbit the Earth.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first planet from the Sun is Mercury, orbiting the Sun at an average distance of 57.91 million km. It’s also the smallest planet in the Solar System, measuring just 4, 879 kilometers across. Mercury is named after the Roman god of commerce; he was the same entity as the Greek god Hermes – the messenger of the gods.