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The planet nearest to the sun is _______.

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Mercury:
Sun has eight planets around it revolving in fixed orbits and the nearest planet is mercury
An orbit is a definite path around which the planet revolves around the Sun
The orbit distance of mercury from Sun is 57,909,227 km
Hence, The planet nearest to the sun is Mercury.

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