2007-05-02 11:09:04 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Closest planet to the sun - Mercury...
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2007-05-02 11:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by zappafan 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mercury. "smallest planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days. It ranges in brightness from about â2.0 to 5.5 in apparent magnitude, but is not easily seen as its greatest angular separation from the Sun (greatest elongation) is only 28.3°. It can only be seen in morning or evening twilight. Comparatively little is known about the planet: the only spacecraft to approach Mercury was Mariner 10 from 1974 to 1975, which mapped only 40%–45% of the planet’s surface."
2007-05-02 13:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by Kris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury
2007-05-02 11:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by Tony 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mercury
2007-05-02 11:11:01 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In order of their distances from the Sun, the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Six of the eight planets are in turn orbited by natural satellites, usually termed "moons" after Earth's Moon, and each of the outer planets is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other particles. All the planets except Earth are named after gods and goddesses from Greco-Roman mythology. The three dwarf planets are Pluto, the largest known Kuiper belt object; Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt; and Eris, which lies in the scattered disc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system
2007-05-02 11:13:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. Mercury is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Ganymede and Titan but more than twice as massive.
2007-05-02 11:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by Alvin Thompson T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mercury!
2007-05-02 11:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by Becky Jo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mercury.
2007-05-02 11:10:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
mercury isnt always the closest. be aware that sometimes other planetsget closer to the sun in some of their orbits. but ya.. mercury is the closest most of the time
2007-05-02 11:46:13 · answer #9 · answered by Dana R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury with a diastance of only 0.46669835 AU at Aphelion and a distance of 0.30749951 AU at Perihelion.
2007-05-02 14:05:41 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mercury is the closest planet to our sun.
2007-05-02 11:25:38 · answer #11 · answered by Spilamilah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋