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Saturday, February 22, 2020

List of Solar System planets

This post is a list of the planets in the Solar System. There are 8 planets listed below by average proximity to the sun. The diameter of each planet is also provided.

1. Mercury - 4,880 km

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA, Johns Hopkins University, Arizona State University, and Carnegie Institution of Washington

2. Venus - 12,102 km

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Ricardo Nunes

3. Earth - 12,742 km

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA, NOAA, GSFC, Sumoi NPR, VIIRS and Norman Kuring

4. Mars - 6,778 km

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA/USGS

5. Jupiter - 139,822

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Johns Hopkins University

6. Saturn - 116,464 km (not including rings)

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA, JPL and Space Science Institute

7. Uranus - 50,724

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA/JPL

8. Neptune - 49,244

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA/JPL