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Question
Write a short note on the planets of the Solar System. Name the planets in order of their distance from the sun.
Solution
There are total of eight planets included in the solar system which revolve around the sun in their particular elliptical tracks. According to their distance from the sun from near to far, these are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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