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Planetary Shift

  • May 16, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The smallest planet in the solar system is Mercury, which is also closest to the sun. Until 2006, when astronomers demoted Pluto to “dwarf planet” status, the smallest planet was Pluto, which is farthest from the sun.

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