that are close together. Sirius A is about 1.7 times the diameter of the Sun. Sirius B is much smaller, with a diameter that is about 10% less than Earth's.

 

 

 

 

 

Average Distance

Approximate

Approximate Volume

 

Number of

Planet Type

Rings

 

 

 

 

 

from the Sun

Diameter

(Compared to Earth)

Known Moons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(as of 2009)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sun

n/a

1,392,000 km

About 1,300,000 times

 

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

 

(864,000 miles)

greater than Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inner Planets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mercury

5.79 million km

4,879 km

About 6% of Earth's

0

 

Rocky/Terrestrial

No

 

 

(35 million miles)

(3,032 miles)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venus

108 million km

12,104 km

About 86% of Earth's

0

 

Rocky/Terrestrial

No

 

 

(67 million miles)

(7,521 miles)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earth

149 million km

12,756 km

1.08 x 1012 km3

1

 

Rocky/Terrestrial

No

 

 

(93 million miles)

(7,926 miles)

(261 billion cubic miles)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mars

227 million km

6,792 km

 

2

 

Rocky/Terrestrial

No

 

 

(141 million miles)

(4,222 miles)

About 15% of Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outer Planets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jupiter

778 million km

142,984 km

About 1,316 times

63

 

Mostly Gas

Yes

 

 

(483 million miles)

(88,846 miles)

greater than Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturn

1.4 trillion km

120,536 km

About 752 times

60

 

Mostly Gas

Yes

 

 

(886 million miles)

(72,367 miles)

greater than Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uranus

2.8 trillion km

57,118 km

About 67 times

27

 

Mostly Gas

Yes

 

 

(1.78 trillion miles)

(31,518 miles)

greater than Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neptune

4.5 trillion km

49,528 km

About 54 times

13

 

Mostly Gas

Yes

 

 

(2.79 trillion miles)

(30,601 miles)

greater than Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pluto

5.9 trillion km

2,390 km

Less than 1%

3

 

Mostly Gas & Ice

No

(Dwarf Planet)

(3.67 trillion miles)

(1,491 miles)

of Earth's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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