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The Solar System – planetary data

The diagram below shows the relative sizes of the nine major planets. A table of sizes, times of rotation and distances from the Sun is also included.

	Diameter (km)	Distance from Sun millions of km	Distance from Sun (Earth = 1)(approx)	Period (days)
Sun	1 392 000	-	-	-
Mercury	4840	58	0.5	87
Venus	12 390	108	0.7	224
Earth	12 760	149	1	365
Mars	6800	228	1.5	686
Jupiter	142 800	778	5	4332
Saturn	119 400	1428	10	10 759
Uranus	47 600	2870	20	30 685
Neptune	48 400	4497	30	60 190
Pluto	3000	5900	40	90 700

Note: In 2005 Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. This puts it in the same class as Eris and Ceres.

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