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Earth as a Planet — Geography STD 9 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9GeographyEarth as a Planet4 Marks
Question
Distinguish between the following pair.
Planet and Planetoids
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Answer

Planets :
  1. The planets are bigger bodies and visible as nine planets.
  2. These move in their elliptical orbits around the sun in different spans of time.
  3. These are nine planets with particular names.
Planetoids :
  1. These are smaller bodies planets in the form of debris.
  2. These revolve around the Sun once in about 5 years along their own elliptical orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the gap.
  3. These are about 50,000 planetoids in the gap.

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