Question

Third largest planet in our Solar system is_____________

Answer 1

Answer:

The third-largest planet in our Solar system is Uranus.

Solar system

The solar system is made up of the sun, eight planets, satellites, and asteroids and meteoroids, among other celestial bodies. It’s commonly referred to as a solar family because the sun serves as its Head. There are eight planets in our solar system. In order of their distance from the sun, they are:

• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune

Uranus

Uranus is the third-largest planet in our Solar system by size, whereas Neptune is the third largest planet by mass.

• The seventh planet from the Sun with the third-largest diameter in our solar system
• Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel
• Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit.

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