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Question
Distinguish between the following pair.
Planet and Planetoids
Solution
Planets :
- The planets are bigger bodies and visible as nine planets.
- These move in their elliptical orbits around the sun in different spans of time.
- These are nine planets with particular names.
Planetoids :
- These are smaller bodies planets in the form of debris.
- These revolve around the Sun once in about 5 years along their own elliptical orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the gap.
- These are about 50,000 planetoids in the gap.
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