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There are more than 200 moons in our solar system

Out of all these moons, Jupiter and Saturn have the most orbiting around them. Meanwhile, Mercury and Venus are the only two planets that don’t have moons.

Exoplanets are planets that orbit other stars

While our planet orbits around the sun, there are faraway exoplanets that orbit other suns. Since Kepler space telescope has been launched, around 4000 exoplanets have been discovered.

Published in Dawn, Young World, October 15th, 2022

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