Multiple choice

Which of the following planets is known as the morning as well as the evening star?

  1. Mercury

  2. Venus

  3. Saturn

  4. Jupiter
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Venus is known as both the morning star and evening star because it orbits closer to the Sun than Earth, making it visible shortly before sunrise in the east and shortly after sunset in the west. Mercury does this too but is much fainter.

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