The Smallest Planet in this Solar System is a) Mars b) Jupiter c) Mercury d) Earth

The Smallest Planet in this Solar System is:

A. Mars

B. Jupiter

C. Mercury

D. Earth

Answer: Correct Option is (C)

There are eight planets in our solar system; Mercury being the smallest of them all. Every planet orbits the sun at a distinct distance. Mercury is our solar system’s smallest planet. Mercury is the smallest planet in terms of both mass and volume. When it comes to planetary formation, the planets provide a great blend of what is conceivable. Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system, with a primary radius of 2440 kilometres. Mercury has the shortest orbit of all the planets in the Solar System, taking 87.97 Earth days to round the Sun. Mercury is a terrestrial planet, which means it is rocky. Mercury, like the Earth’s moon, has a solid, cratered surface.

Earth is the third planet from the sun, and it came to an end some 4.5 billion years ago when the solar system stabilised into its current configuration. Gravity pushed spinning gas and dust onto the third planet from the sun, becoming our world. Earth is known as the blue planet because water covers 71% of its surface, predominantly oceans, but also lakes, rivers, and other freshwater bodies that make up the Hydrosphere. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and our solar system’s second smallest planet. It is known as the Red Planet because of its iron-rich topography, which is rusty red in colour.

Mars has a gravity of 38% that of Earth. The temperature on Mars is a pleasant 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but it may drop to 99 degrees below zero at its poles. Venus is the planet closest to the sun. Despite its greater distance from the Sun, Venus is hotter than Mercury. After the moon, Venus is the second brightest natural object in the night sky. The atmospheric pressure of Venus is 90 times that of Earth.