definition, a planet is a celestial body moving in orbit around a star. Throughout recent years, many new planets have been found that are not part of the planetary solar system that Earth is a part of. In this planetary system, there are a total of eight planets all orbiting around the sun. In order from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun, the planets go: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Named after the Roman God Mercury, Mercury is the planet that takes…
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