Question

Name the planet
(a) nearest to the Sun, and
(b) farthest from the Sun.

Answer 1

Answer:

Nearest to sun.... Mercury

and farther from sun..... Neptune

Answer 2

Nearest is Mercury and farthest is Neptune

Explanation:

(a) Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 days, the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System. It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the Gods.

(b) Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth, slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus.