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Pluto seems like the required answer, but it's only a "dwarf planet".

The major rocky planets, going out from the Sun, are :

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
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How do the planets go?

The planets go like this (from closest to the sun from farthest): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Pluto is no-longer a planet, but a dwarf planet.


What is the surface like On Planet Mars?

rocky


Which planet travels round the sun at the highest and at the lowest speed?

According to Kepler's Third Law, the planets that are nearer to the Sun movefaster than the planets that are farther away. The closest planet - and thus thefastest - is Mercury; the farthest planet from the Sun is Neptune.==================================The way gravity works guarantees, that the closer an object is to the sun, the faster it moves, whether the orbit is almost circular or highly eccentric. This simplerule instantly lines up the speeds of the various solar system objects for us:Fastest speed:Comets which, at their closest approach, spend part of their time inside the orbit of Mercury.Their speed is highest when they're closest to the sun.Known planet with the highest average speed:The planet nearest the sun . . . Mercury.Known planet with the lowest average speed:The planet farthest from the sun . . . Neptune.Known dwarf-planet-like objects with the lowest average speed:Known objects farthest from the sun . . . Pluto, Eris.


What planet is known as your Sister Planet?

Venus, because it is very similar size to Earth, and it is a rocky planet like Earth is.


Which planet could be known as the Rocky Midget?

Mercury is sometimes referred to as the "rocky midget" because it is the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, and it has a rocky, cratered surface.

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Is Mercury rocky or gaseous?

Mercury is a rocky planet. The inner planets (first four planets from the sun) are rocky planets (which means that you could stand on them) and are the smallest. While the outer planets (last four planets from the sun) are gas planets and the biggest.


How do the planets go?

The planets go like this (from closest to the sun from farthest): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Pluto is no-longer a planet, but a dwarf planet.


Is mars a gas planet or a rocky planet?

in google mars is a very example to see is like. is rocky;


What is the surface like On Planet Mars?

rocky


Why is venus known as a rocky planet?

Venus is called a rocky planet because, like Earth, it has a surface made of rock.


Is mars a rocky planet or a gas planet?

Mars is a rocky planet. The rocky planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Dwarf planets like Pluto may contain rock, but also presumably much ice.


Which planet travels round the sun at the highest and at the lowest speed?

According to Kepler's Third Law, the planets that are nearer to the Sun movefaster than the planets that are farther away. The closest planet - and thus thefastest - is Mercury; the farthest planet from the Sun is Neptune.==================================The way gravity works guarantees, that the closer an object is to the sun, the faster it moves, whether the orbit is almost circular or highly eccentric. This simplerule instantly lines up the speeds of the various solar system objects for us:Fastest speed:Comets which, at their closest approach, spend part of their time inside the orbit of Mercury.Their speed is highest when they're closest to the sun.Known planet with the highest average speed:The planet nearest the sun . . . Mercury.Known planet with the lowest average speed:The planet farthest from the sun . . . Neptune.Known dwarf-planet-like objects with the lowest average speed:Known objects farthest from the sun . . . Pluto, Eris.


What planet is most earth-like and and what planet is farthest from the sun?

Most earthlike is a matter of debate, but could be Mars.Furthest is Neptune.


What planet is known as your Sister Planet?

Venus, because it is very similar size to Earth, and it is a rocky planet like Earth is.


Which planet could be known as the Rocky Midget?

Mercury is sometimes referred to as the "rocky midget" because it is the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, and it has a rocky, cratered surface.


What did Earth look like with no people?

a grassy watery rocky planet


What planet has a thick atmosphere has no moon and its rocky?

well there are no planets like that