SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Detailed explanation-1: -Our solar system is made up of a star-the Sun-eight planets, 146 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice, and several dwarf planets, such as Pluto . The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Mercury is closest to the Sun. Neptune is the farthest.
Detailed explanation-2: -The eight planets were created from an accumulation of most of the material that remained in their vicinity. They are the dominant bodies in their regions of space. This view is the one officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -The eight planets in their order of distance from the Sun are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The star Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is located close to Orion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Neptune orbits our Sun, a star, and is the eighth planet from the Sun at a distance of about 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers).