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Planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Approx.
Distance 47 108 150 228 778 1,427 2,869 4.496
from the sun
(million km)
Time taken
for one 88 days 225 days 365 days 687 days 12 years 29 years 84 years 165 years
revolution(in and 6
Earth time) hours
No. of 0 0 1 2 53 53 27 13
moons
Special 1. Nearest 1. Almos
features to the t the
sun same
2. Smalles size
t planet and
3. Charact structu
erised re as
by earth
extreme 2. Rotate
tempera s from
tures- east to
very hot west
during 3. Called
the the
day(abo Morni
ut ng
350*C- Star
450*C) and
and the
very Eveni
cold( ab ng
out- Star
170*C) when
at when
night- seen
due to in the
the sky
absence before
of dawn
atmosp and
here to minut
trap the es
solar after
heat dusk,r
espect
ively
4. The
hottest
planet,
with a
surfac
e