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SOLAR SYSTEM
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The smallest and nearest planet to the sun-because of this planets very thin atmosphere, it scorching hot on the side facing the sun and freezing cold on the side that faces away
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Mercury
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Venus
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Earth
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Mars
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Explanation:
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: -Why Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system is rather complicated. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun, its dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that we see firsthand on Earth with global warming.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest to the Sun. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 Earth days, the shortest of all the Sun’s planets.
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