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Name the planets in our solar system from the closest to the furthest from the sun?

Answer 1

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (, Pluto)

The four innermost planets are rocky: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars; the gas giants are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Regrettably, Pluto, a rocky planet, was demoted from its planet status due to noncompliance with new requirements, such as having cleared its orbit around other bodies.

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Answer 2

Alexander Acosta

The planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, arranged in order of distance from the sun.

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