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The Solar System
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The numbers indicate order from the sun.
Diameter Distance to Sun Length of Year Length of Day
Diameter Distance to Sun Length of Year Length of Day
Diameter Distance to Sun Length of Year Length of Day
Diameter Distance to Earth
1 Mercury
Sun
92,955,820 miles
2 Venus
Earth’s Moon
2,159 miles 238,855 miles
3 Earth 7,926 miles
92,955,820 miles 365.24 days 23.934 hours
6 Saturn 74,975 miles
885,904,700 miles 10,755.7 days 10.656 hours
*Venus rotates in the opposite direction to the Sun, also know as a retrograde rotation.
3,032 miles
7, 521 miles
35,983,095 miles
67,237,910 miles
87.97 days
224.7 days
1,407.5 hours
-5,832 hours retrograde*
4 Mars
5 Jupiter
4,213 miles
88,732 miles
141,633,260 miles
483,682,810 miles
686.93 days
4,330.6 days
24.62 hours
9.925 hours
7 Uranus
8 Neptune
31,763 miles
30,603 miles
1,783,939,400 miles
2,795,084,800 miles
30,687.2 days
60,190 days
17.24 hours
Planets are not shown in scale.
864,400 miles
16.11 hours
Photos: NASA