Q.

Among the following, the celestial body farthest from the Earth is –

A. Saturn
B. Uranus
C. Neptune
D. Pluto
Answer» C. Neptune
Explanation: Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Originally classified as the ninth planet from the Sun, Pluto was recategorized as a dwarf planet and plutoid owing to the discovery that it is only one of several large bodies within the Kuiper belt. Like other members of the Kuiper belt, Pluto is composed primarily of rock and ice and is relatively small, approximately onesixth the mass of the Earth's Moon and one-third its volume.
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