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Why are Venus and Mercury the only plants without the moons?

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Most likely because they are too close to the sun

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Venus and Mercury are the only planets in our solar system that do not have moons. Venus and Mercury have a gravitational pull that is weaker than the gravitational pull of the Sun, so they wouldn't be able to hold onto their own moon.

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