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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
