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• Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, followed by Venus.
• Called an inner planet because it orbits inside Earth’s orbit.
• Number of moons: 0 (Mercury has no natural satellites).
• Size: Smallest planet in the solar system.
• Nickname: Swift Planet, due to its fast orbit around the Sun (≈88 days per orbit).

Last verified on 17-03-2026

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• The freezing point of water is 0°C (zero degrees Centigrade). 
• The boiling point of water on the Centigrade scale (also known as the Celsius scale) 100°C (one hundred degrees Centigrade).

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A capacitor is a device used to store electrical charge and electrical energy.

It consists of at least two electrical conductors separated by a distance.

It is widely used in electronic circuits for filtering, timing, and energy storage.

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The following figure shows the phenomenon of __ of light. Diagram

Refraction is the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water, and other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another.

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 Leukemia is cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system.

Many types of leukemia exist.

Some forms of leukemia are more common in children.

Other forms of leukemia occur mostly in adults.

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Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, 2021.

 is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission.

It was manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on July 30, 2020

As of 23 July 2023, Perseverance has been active on Mars for 861 sols.

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The intensity of earthquake is measured by Richter Scale.

Richter Scale was invented in 1935.

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Pluto has snow-capped mountains covered in methane frost, and although they look similar to snowy mountain chains on Earth

Discovered: February 18, 1930

Discoverer: Clyde Tombaugh

Moons: Charon, Nix, Styx, Kerberos, Hydra

It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun.

It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume

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The Louvre, is located in Paris, France.

Largest art museum in the world with an area size of 782,910 square feet.

This museum is considered a historic monument in Paris and is part of the Louvre Palace, which was built in the 12th century.