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Which is the largest planet of our solar system?

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Earth

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Saturn

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Jupiter

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Mars

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Solution

The correct option is C
Jupiter

Jupiter is said to be the largest planet of our solar system. Its mass is 318 times that of earth. The volume of Jupiter is such that it can accommodate 1300 Earth like planets.

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The biggest planet of the solar system is:

(a) Mars

(b) Saturn

(c) Mercury

(d) Jupiter

Q. The largest of all the planets, not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn, the next larger planet, but also possesses four of the largest satellites, or moons, in our solar system.

Asteroids revolve around the sun between the orbits of the planets:

(a) Mars and Earth

(b) Venus and Mars

(c) Jupiter and Mars

(d) Mars and Saturn

Q. Investigating Solar System The table shows the average distance from each planet in our solar system to the sun.

Celestial Body	Distance $(k m)$	Distance $(k m)$ Standard Notation
Earth	$149, 600, 000$	$1.496 \times 10^{5}$
Jupiter	$778, 300, 000$
Mars	$227, 900, 000$
Mercury	$57, 900, 000$
Neptune	$4, 497, 000, 000$
Pluto	$5, 900, 000, 000$
Saturn	$1, 427, 000, 000$
Uranus	$2, 870, 000, 000$
Venus	$108, 200, 000$

Order the planets from closest to the sun to farthest from the sun.

Q. Astronomy The table shows the mass of the planets, the sum and the moon in our solar system.

Celestial Body	Mass $(k g)$	Mass $(k g)$ Standard Notation
Sun	$1, 990, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$	$1.99 \times 10^{30}$
Mercury	$330, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Venus	$4, 870, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Earth	$5, 970, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Mars	$642, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Jupiter	$1, 900, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Saturn	$568, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Uranus	$86, 800, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Neptune	$102, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Pluto	$12, 700, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$
Moon	$73, 500, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000$

Which planet has about the same mass as earth?

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