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How large are the planets?

Listed in order from the Sun. See Links for data and pictorial representation

The Sun for comparison has a mean radius of 696,000,000 km (432,474,350 miles) - 109 Earths.

Brackets () show order in size (smallest, largest)
  • Mercury (1,8)- Mean Radius 2,439 km (1,515 miles) = 0.3825 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 57,909,175 km (35,983,093 miles) 0.3871 AU.
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  • Venus (3,6) - Mean Radius 6,051 km (3,760 miles) = 0.9488 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 108,208,930 km (67,237,912 miles) 0.7233 AU
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  • Earth (4,5) - Mean Radius 6,378 km (3,963 miles) = 1 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 149,597,890 km (92,955,819 miles) 1 AU
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  • Mars (2,7) - Mean Radius 3,397 km (2,111 miles) = 0.5323 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 227,936,640 km (141,633,262 miles) 1.5237 AU
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  • Jupiter (8,1)- Mean Radius 71,492.68 km (44,423 miles) = 11.209 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 778,412,010 km (483,682,800 miles) 5.2034 AU
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  • Saturn (7,2) - Mean Radius 60,267 km (37,448 miles) = 9.449 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 1,426,725,400 km (886,526,063 miles) 9.537 AU
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  • Uranus (6,3) - Mean Radius 25,557 km (15,880 miles) = 4.007 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 2,870,972,200 km (1,783,939,420 miles) 19.1912 AU
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  • Neptune (5,4) - Mean Radius 24,766 km (15,389 miles) = 3.883 Earths
  • Mean distance from Sun 4,498,252,900 km (2,795,084,770 miles) 30.0689 AU
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