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 INFERIOR PLANETS (planets inside the orbit of Earth): Mercury and Venus. SUPERIOR PLANETS (planets outside the Earth's orbit): Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto. INNER PLANETS (planets inside the asteroid belt): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. OUTER PLANETS (planets outside the asteroid belt): Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. GAS GIANTS (also Jovian) (planets within gaseous structure of Jupiter): Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. |
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