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Planets in Order of Distance from the Sun
Sun
  • 865,000 miles (1,392,000 km) in diameter
  • Temperature is 11,000°F
  • Rotation takes 30 days.
  • Revolution takes 250 million years.
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Mercury
  • 3,031 miles (4,878 km) in diameter
  • 36,000,000 miles (57.9 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is -315°F to 700°F
  • Mercury has no moons.
  • Rotation takes 58.5 days.
  • Revolution takes 88 days.
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Venus
  • 7,700 miles (12,392 km) in diameter
  • 67,250,000 miles (108.2 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is 891°F
  • Venus has no moons.
  • Rotation takes 243 days.
  • Revolution takes 225 days.
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Earth
  • 7,927 miles (12,757 km) in diameter
  • 93,000,000 miles (149.6 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is 80°F
  • The Earth has one moon.
  • Rotation takes 23 hours 56 minutes.
  • Revolution takes 365.25 days.
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. Meteoroids
Mars
. Asteroid Belt
Jupiter
  • 88,700 miles (142,700 km) in diameter
  • 483,700,000 miles (778.3 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is -225°F
  • Jupiter has sixteen moons.
  • Rotation takes 9 hours 35 minutes.
  • Revolution takes 12 years.
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Saturn
  • 74,600 miles (120,000 km) in diameter
  • 885,200,000 miles (1,429 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is -285°F
  • Saturn has eighteen+ (5?) moons.
  • Rotation takes 10 hours 39 minutes.
  • Revolution takes 29.5 years.
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Uranus
  • 31,570 miles (50,800 km) in diameter
  • 1,781,000,000 miles (2,875 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is -375°F
  • Uranus has fifteen moons.
  • Rotation takes 17 hours 20 minutes.
  • Revolution takes 84 years.
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Neptune
  • 30,200 miles (48,600 km) in diameter
  • 2,788,000,000 miles (4,504 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is -366°F
  • Neptune has eight moons.
  • Rotation takes 16 hours.
  • Revolution takes 165 years.
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Pluto
  • 1,600 miles (2,575 km) in diameter
  • 3,660,000,000 miles (5,900 million km) from the sun
  • Temperature is -386°F
  • Pluto has one moon.
  • Rotation takes 6.5 days.
  • Revolution takes 284 years.
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Comets
For more information on the Solar System and
Manned Space Flight, Visit Nasa on the Internet.
Sources for these pages on Our Solar System include:
  • 1992 Solar System Facts
  • Brewer, Duncan. Planet Guides. New Tork: Marshall Cavendish Limited. 1992. Titles in the series: Mercury and the Sun; Venus; Planet Earth and the Universe; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; The Outer Planets: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; and Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites.
  • Ridpath, Ian. American Nature Guides: Astronomy. New York: Gallery Books, W.H. Smith Publishers, Inc. 1990.

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