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SCIENCE
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
3,032 miles
35,983,095 miles
87.97 days
1,407.5 hours
4 Mars
4,213 miles
141,633,260 miles
686.93 days
24.62 hours
7 Uranus
31,763 miles
1,783,939,400 miles
30,687.2 days
17.24 hours
Sun
864,400 miles
92,955,820 miles
2 Venus
7, 521 miles
67,237,910 miles
224.7 days
-5,832 hours retrograde*
5 Jupiter
88,732 miles
483,682,810 miles
4,330.6 days
9.925 hours
8 Neptune
30,603 miles
2,795,084,800 miles
60,190 days
16.11 hours
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.
Planets are not shown in scale.
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Photos: NASA