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Which Milky Way Planet…

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…does not have a moon, and wouldn’t be able to due to the Sun’s gravitational pull?
…was re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006?
…was the first planet discovered by telescope in 1781?
…has the most moons?
…has dust storms which last for months and cover the entire planet?
…has rings made of ice and dust which extend over 280,000km from its surface, but are only around 9 meters thick?
…has a density lower than water?
…is named after the Roman god of war?
…has concrete evidence that water once flowed on its surface, and has a canyon system dwarfing the Grand Canyon?
…has a consistent and clear hexagonal cloud pattern at its north pole?
…is home to the Great Red Spot, a storm larger than Earth which has been ongoing for hundreds of years?
…is covered in volcanoes and sulfuric acid clouds?
…was made into a “sandwich” in 2020, when two slices of bread were placed on opposite sides of the planet?
…is home to the ever-burning Darvaza gas crater, nicknamed the “Door to Hell”?
…spins on its side?
…has the highest gravitational pull, at 2.54g?
…was discovered solely by mathematical calculations in 1846?
…is by the hottest planet in our solar system at 460°C, hot enough to melt lead?
…is the most similar to Earth in size and shape, often called its “twin”?
…was named by an 11 year old girl in Oxford, England in 1930?
…has days which are twice as long as its years due to its fast orbit and slow rotation?
…is the smallest of the gas giants?
…ranges from 430°C during the day to -180°C at night?
…is home to a massive, extremely radioactive mass, which formed in 1986, known as the “elephant’s foot”?
…has a moon named Triton, who, in Greco-Roman mythology, was the son of this planet’s namesake?
…has several active global tectonic plates, including the Nazca, Cocos, and Juan de Fuca plates?
…has two moons, Phobos and Deimos?
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