•What defines a planet? Who makes these decisions?
Planet:1:(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction; 2:a person who follows or serves another; 3:any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star.
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What are characteristics of the outer planet?
Some characteristics of the outer planets are: made up mainly...
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Which planet has the highest gravitational pull?
Jupiter is the heaviest planet in the solar system, thereby h...
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Which planet is orbited by the moon the most?
The moon orbits around the Earth once per month. ChaCha again!
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Which planet has the most complex ring system?
We now know that Saturn has moons in addition to its complex ...
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What direction does the planet spin?
The earth rotates counter-clockwise, as viewed from the north...
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What are characteristics of the outer planet?
Some characteristics of the outer planets are: made up mainly...
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Can you describe one feature of each inner planet?
The four innermost planets in the Solar System Mercury, Venus...
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What does the planet Jupiter name mean?
The largest and largest of the planets was named Zeus by the ...
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What size is the planet Mercury?
Mecury: Diameter 4878 km Avg Distance from Sun 57.8 million k...
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Does the planet Mercury have mercury on it?
Mercury is the second smallest planet in the solar system, an...
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Is the planet Mars really the color red?
Mars is red because it's covered in something called iron oxi...
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Mercury is the closest planet and is very close to the Sun.
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What planet has a fifty hour day?
No planet has a 50 hour day. But Mercury has a day that lasts...
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Which was the first planet to be explored and why?
The first successful interplanetary flyby was the 1962 Marine...
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What does the planet Saturn represent?
Saturn is often represented as Father Time. Other legendary o...
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What is the planet's in order?
The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the s...
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What is the biggest planet? What is the biggest planet?
The biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter. It's 2.5 t...
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What is the biggest flying animal on the planet?
Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the wo...
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Jupiter is the planet that has the most known moons in our so...
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Venus is the hottest planet even though it is the second clos...
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What is the planet's in order?
The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the s...
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What is the biggest planet? What is the biggest planet?
The biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter. It's 2.5 t...
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What is the biggest flying animal on the planet?
Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the wo...
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Which planet has a cratered surface similar to earth's moon?
Mercury, Venus, and Mars have a hard rocky surface like Earth...
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Is pluto a planet? If not why?
Dwarf planet: Pluto and any other round object that "has not ...
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What is the biggest flying animal on the planet?
Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the wo...
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Which planet has days and nights about like earths?
Claus here! The planet Mars has day and night just as we do. ...
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Yes Planet X is real! Planet X was spotted by astronomers in ...
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Which planet has only one satellite?
Earth is the planet that only has one moon; its name is Luna....
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Why has Mars been the planet most studied by telescopes?
Besides its proximity, Mars doesn't have a dense cloud cover ...
About Planet
A planet is a celestial body, apparently bigger than poor little Pluto, orbiting a star. They typically have semi-solid metalic core, and the rest of the planet can be either gaseous like Jupiter and Saturn, or more dense and solid like Earth and Mars.
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