On the matter of being awarded planets:   none of them are what one could call a real prize.

Mercury is not much nicer than the moon, really. Same general landscape, no atmosphere. Warmer climate perhaps. The mean temperature on Mercury would melt lead. Venus, I have mentioned above. Earth is already inhabited by an odd species that is constantly fighting over its land and resources, which it is about to run out of because they use them up as if there is no tomorrow, and they breed like bloody rabbits. Mars may have a few things going for it, but atmosphere and climate aren't quite them. Jupiter has a fierce gravity and its atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen and methane. Cattle and people produce more than enough methane right here on Earth, and I think that as much methane as Jupiter has in its atmosphere would have quite a bit of "hang-time," don't you?

Now, working inward, Pluto has recently been demoted. It appears to be more or less similar to Mercury, but smaller. Pluto is as cold as Mercury is hot. And Nepture, I have also dealt with above.

And as to the one remaining planet, if you were to say to people, "I like Uranus," I think they'd probably give you some pretty funny looks as they quickly backed away.

That's today's astronomy lesson.