State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’. (a) The planet nearest to us is Jupiter. (b) All the stars are at the same distance from us. (c) The planets do not emit light of their own. (d) The planets keep changing their position with respect to stars. (e) The planet Venus appears in the eastern sky before sunrise. (f) The plane in which the earth revolves around the sun is called equatorial plane of earth.

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(a) False, the given statement is not correct. The planet near to us is not Jupiter. The planets closest to Earth are the Mars and the Venus.

(b) False, the given statement is not correct. All the stars are not at the same distance from us. Different stars are situated at different distances from us.

(c) True, the given statement is correct. The planets do not emit light of their own. Only stars emit light, planets may or may not reflect the light produced by the stars but never emit their own light.

(d) True, the given statement is correct. The planets keep changing their position with respect to stars. All the planets and the stars in this universe are in constant motion so they can never be at a constant position and therefore changes their respective position.

(e) True, the given statement is correct. The planet Venus appears in the eastern sky before sunrise or after sunset. Because of this reason it is also known as the morning star or the evening star.

(f) False, the given statement is incorrect. The plane in which the Earth rotates is called as the orbital plane of the Earth and the equatorial plane is the plane perpendicular to the orbital plane.