Planets


Earth And Solar System - Concepts
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Planets

The Solar System: The Sun, eight planets, satellites and some other celestial bodies known as asteroids and meteoroids form the solar system. We often call it a solar family, with the sun as its head. Copernicus was the first scientist to put forward the model of Solar System with Sun at the centre and Earth, Moon and other planets revolving around the Sun.

Planet: Celestial bodies do not have their own heat and light. They are lit by the light of the stars. Such bodies are called planet. They revolve around the Sun. They are spherical in shape. There are eight planets in our solar system. All the eight planets of the solar system move around the sun in fixed paths.

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Question : 1

Which is the planet whose length of the days and tilt of its axis are almost indentical to those of the Earth.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

Which is the brightest planet in the universe?

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

Taking Sun as center of the Solar system, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus ?

Right Option : B
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