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Which planet is closest to the sun?

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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus , Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus and Neptune .

It orbits at only 0.387 astronomical units (AU), or about 36 million miles ( 58 million kilometers ) from our star.

Temperatures there can range from minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 184 degrees Celsius) to over 800 F ( 427 C) on Mercury .

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https://people.ifa.hawaii.edu/gradstudents/bio/maria-vincent/https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Meet_Mercury https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Meet_Mercury#:~:text=A%20year%20on%20Mercury%20%E2%80%93%20one,spin%20on%20its%20own%20axis.https://lco.global/spacebook/solar-system/mercury/#:~:text=Mercury%20is%20the%20closest%20planet,rotation%20every%2058.7%20Earth%20days.https://www.nasa.gov/general/why-is-venus-so-hot-we-asked-a-nasa-scientist-episode-39/#:~:text=And%20it's%20no%20wonder%20that,Venus%20is%20really%2C%20really%20hot.https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30341/#:~:text=Shown%20in%20red%20are%20areas,is%20incomplete%20near%20the%20pole.https://www.space.com/41664-mercury-lander-mission-study-proposal.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/_edu/pdfs/ssbeads_answerkey.pdf https://www.space.com/36-mercury-the-suns-closest-planetary-neighbor.html https://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/17-How-hot-is-Mercury-#:~:text=Since%20Mercury%20is%20the%20closest,427%20Celsius)%20during%20the%20day.

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people.ifa.hawaii.edu www.esa.int lco.global www.nasa.gov svs.gsfc.nasa.gov www.space.com www.jpl.nasa.gov coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu

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