GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

SOLAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the farthest planet to the Sun?
A
Uranus
B
Neptune
C
Saturn
D
Jupiter
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Neptune is the eighth planet in our Solar System. Neptune’s distance from the Sun is around 2.8 billion miles, making it the planet farthest from the Sun.

Detailed explanation-2: -Neptune’s elliptical, oval-shaped orbit keeps the planet an average distance from the sun of almost 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers), or roughly 30 times as far away as Earth, making it invisible to the naked eye. A single orbit of the sun takes Neptune 165 Earth years to complete.

Detailed explanation-3: -In order of distance from the sun they are; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto, which until recently was considered to be the farthest planet, is now classified as a dwarf planet. Additional dwarf planets have been discovered farther from the Sun than Pluto.

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