Answer the following :

Name the following:

a. Most fascinating planet with a set of ring system as viewed from a telescope.

b. Nearest planet to the earth.

c. Nearest planet to the sun

d. Biggest planet of the solar system

(a) Saturn is the most fascinating planet with a set of ring system as viewed from a telescope. It consists of a ring system which is further made up of small ringlets.

It seems very beautiful when it is viewed using a telescope due to its distinct feature- presence of ring system.

Those ringlets are made up of icy, rocky matter.

Following picture exhibit Saturn with its ring system:

(b) The order of the planets in solar system from the sun is as follows:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

From this we conclude that there are two planets which can be nearest to the earth i.e. Venus and Mars.

It totally depends on the position of these two planets that which will remain nearest to the earth. Sometimes, Venus is found to be closer to earth while at the other time we found mars closer.

So, it totally depends on position of these three planets that which will remain closer to the earth.

So, we can’t specify a single planet as nearest planet to the earth.

(c) Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun. The order of the planets in solar system from the sun is as follows:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

As it is present closer among all planets to the solar system it is the nearest planet to the sun.

(d) Jupiter is the biggest planet of the solar system. It is largest as compared to all other planets present in solar system in terms of its mass and size.