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Planets in Order in 3D

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MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneSunAsteroid beltKuiper BeltNot to scale: see the real sizes and distances below.1234567891011

The real sizes and distances NASA Planetary Fact Sheet
Planet sizes to scale. Jupiter is about 11 times wider than Earth, and the Sun is about 10 times wider than Jupiter, so only its edge fits.Sun (edge)Mercury0.38×Venus0.95×Earth1.0×Mars0.53×Jupiter11.2×Saturn9.4×Uranus4.0×Neptune3.9×Sizes to scale (× = width compared with Earth)Distances from the Sun to scale. The four rocky planets huddle close to the Sun; Neptune is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth.SunJupiter5.2 AUSaturn9.57 AUUranus19.16 AUNeptune30.18 AUMercury to Mars: 0.39–1.52 AUDistances to scale · 1 AU = 149.6 million km
The planets in order from the Sun
PlanetTypeDistance from the SunDiameterDayYearMoons
1. MercuryRocky57.9 million km (0.39 AU)4,879 km176 Earth days88 Earth days0
2. VenusRocky108.2 million km (0.72 AU)12,104 km117 Earth days225 Earth days0
3. EarthRocky149.6 million km (1 AU)12,756 km24 hours365 Earth days1
4. MarsRocky228 million km (1.52 AU)6,792 km24.7 hours687 Earth days2
5. JupiterGas giant778.5 million km (5.2 AU)142,984 km9.9 hoursabout 11.9 Earth years115
6. SaturnGas giant1,432 million km (9.57 AU)120,536 km10.7 hoursabout 29.5 Earth years293
7. UranusIce giant2,867 million km (19.16 AU)51,118 km17.2 hoursabout 84 Earth years29
8. NeptuneIce giant4,515 million km (30.18 AU)49,528 km16.1 hoursabout 165 Earth years16

Day is sunrise to sunrise. Moon counts are NASA and JPL figures as of October 2026; astronomers keep finding small moons around the giant planets.

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Each word starts with the first letter of a planet, in order from the Sun.

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