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Statement 1: Mercury, Venus, Earth and mars are much nearer to Sun and are known as inner planets and they have less number of moons. Statement 2: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are known as outer planets because of their large distances from the Sun. They have a large number of satellites and all have a ring system around them.


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The planets like mercury, Venus, earth and mars are nearer to Sun and are known as inner planets, they don't have ring system and have less number of moons i.e. natural satellites. While on the other hand, planets like

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are far away from sun and are known as outer planets, they all have a ring system and a large no of moons.


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