The planet nearest to the Sun is :

Q. The planet nearest to the Sun is :
Answer: Mercury
Notes: Mercury is the innermost planet (nearest to the Sun) in the Solar System. It is also the smallest, and its orbit is the most eccentric (that is, the least perfectly circular) of the eight planets. It orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days, completing three rotations about its axis for every two orbits.

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