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The closest planet to our sun is the planet Mercury, at a distance of 57,909,175 km or 0.387 AU (Astronomical Units).
Although Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, it is not the hottest; Venus (the second-closest planet to the Sun) is the hottest planet in our Solar System because Venus' atmosphere is thick with greenhouse gases, trapping and retaining a lot of the Sun's heat (not allowing it to reflect back nor radiate away on Venus' night side) whereas Mercury has almost no atmosphere, and more of the Sun's heat radiates away on Mercury's night side; in fact, Mercury's lack of atmosphere and long night (Mercury only completes a day/night cycle once per every two Mercury-years; a Mercury-year is about 89 Earth-days ... this means years on Mercury pass faster than days) give the planet Mercury a huge variation in temperature, from -183C to 427C.
In order, from closest to the sun to furthest out:
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
Mercury
Venus
Earth
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What is planet closet to the sun?
Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
What is the planet colsest to the sun?
thw planet closest to the sun is venus
What is the 1st closest planet to the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
What planet is the closest to the sun after Mars?
Jupiter is the closest planet to the Sun "after" Mars.
Which outer planet is closest to the sun?
The closest outer planet to the sun is jupiter The closest inner planet to the sun is mercury But mercury isnt the hottest planet because venus has the hottest core
What is planet closet to the sun?
Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.
What is the planet colsest to the sun?
thw planet closest to the sun is venus
What is the 1st closest planet to the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun
Which planet is very closest to the sun?
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun.
Planet Mercury is what planet from the sun?
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun
Is the sun point the poit of the planet closest to the sun?
no, it is not a planet the closest is merkury
What planet is the closest to the sun after Mars?
Jupiter is the closest planet to the Sun "after" Mars.
Which planet travels closest to the sun?
The planet mercury orbits closest to the sun.
What is the closest planet to the sun-?
Mercury is the planet in our solar system that is closest to the sun.
What planet is closest to the sun What planet is closest to the sun?
The furthers is Neptune. The nearest to the sun is Mercury.
What planet and dwarf planet is closest to the sun?
Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun. Ceres is in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The other dwarf planets are out past the orbit of Neptune.
Which third planet is closest to the sun?
Earth is the third closest planet to the sun.
