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Which is the smallest planet?

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Answered by Anonymous
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Answer :

Mercury is the smallest planet of the solar system.

It is the planet which is closest to sun but it's not the hottest one.

Mercury completes it's orbit in 88 days.

Since, the question revolves around our solar system. Therefore a bit information about it :

》Our solar system consists of 8 known planets and 1 star.

》The star is sun whereas the planets are of two types.

》Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as terrestrial planets.

》While Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are giant planets.

》In total, there are 525 known satellites.
Answered by captainkhan85
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Mercury is the smallest planet.

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It’s just a little bigger than Earth’s moon. It is the closest planet to the sun, but it’s actually not the hottest. Venus is hotter.

Mercury is a tiny black dot as it transits the Sun in 2006.

Fred Espenak. Sean Walker. Planet size comparison for our solar system.

In order of increasing distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

The smallest planet in regards to both mass and volume is Mercury — at 4,879 km across and 3.3010 x 1023kg.

This tiny world is nearly 20 times less massive than Earth, and its diameter is about 2½ times smaller. 
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