Planets whose orbits are closer to the Sun than Earth's, i.e. Mercury and Venus. Also called inner planets.
These are the planets Mercury and Venus. They are called inferior planets because their orbits lie between that of the Earth and the Sun.
refers to the planets Mercury and Venus because they are closer to the sun than the earth.
The planets Mercury and Venus are called inferior planets because they are closer to the Sun than Earth.
Mercury and Venus are called inferior planets because they are closer to the Sun than Earth. [Planets that are farther from the Sun than Earth are called superior planets.
The planets Mercury and Venus are inferior planets because their orbits are closer to the Sun than is Earth's orbit.
Planets orbiting between the Earth and the Sun (Moon, Mercury and Venus and the postulated Vulcan). The orbits of the superior planets, Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars (also the asteroids and trans-plutonian "planets" such as Trans-Pluto) lie beyond that of the Earth from the Sun.
Venus and Mercury, so called because their orbits are smaller (closer to the Sun) than Earth's.
