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The Planets

2010/2011 > Science > Earth and Beyond

Mercury

Diameter - 4,879 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 59 earth days
Distance from the sun - 57,900,000,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 88 days

Venus

Diameter - 12,104 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 243 earth days
Distance from the sun - 108,200,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 225 days

Earth

Diameter - 12,756 Kilometres
Length of 1 day - 24 hours
Distance from the sun - 149,600,000 kilometres
Orbit arond the sun - 365 days

Mars

Diameter - 6,794 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 24 hours 37 minutes
Distance from the sun - 228,000,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 687 days

Jupiter

Diameter - 142,080 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 10 hours
Distance from the sun - 778,300,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 11 years 315 days


Saturn

Diameter - 120,536 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 10 hours 39 minutes
Distance from the sun - 1,427,000,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 29 years 167 days

Uranus

Diameter - 51,118 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 17 hours 14 minutes
Distance from the sun - 2,869,000,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 84 years 6 days

Neptune

Diameter - 50,538 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 18 hours
Distance from the sun - 4,496,000,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 164 years 288 days

Pluto

Diameter - 2,280 kilometres
Length of 1 day - 6 earth days 9 hours
Distance from the sun - 5,900,000,000 kilometres
Orbit around the sun - 248 years 183 days

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