1. Solar System

2. Mercury Distance from the Sun: Diameter: Size compared to Earth:
36 million miles
Diameter:
3,032.4 miles
Size compared to Earth:
Two-fifths the size of Earth in diameter
Fun Fact:
If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 38 pounds on Mercury.

3. Venus Distance from the Sun: Diameter: Size compared to Earth:
67.24 million miles
Diameter:
7,519 miles
Size compared to Earth:
About 650 miles smaller in diameter than Earth
Fun Fact:
Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty

4. Earth Distance from the Sun: Diameter: Size compared to other planets:
92.9 million miles
Diameter:
7,926.2 miles
Size compared to other planets:
Four planets in our solar system are larger and four are smaller than Earth
Fun Fact:
Is not perfectly round; it bulges at the equator and is flatter at the poles

5. Mars Distance from the Sun: 141.71 million miles Diameter: 4,194 miles
Size compared to Earth:
About one-half the size of Earth in diameter
Fun Fact:
Is the fourth planet from the Sun, situated between Earth and Jupiter

6. Planets
Size
Distance from Sun
Mercury
3,032.4 miles
36 million miles
Venus
7,519 miles
67.24 million miles
Earth
7,926.2 miles
92.9 million miles
Mars
4,194 miles
million miles
Jupiter
88,736 miles
million miles
Saturn
74,978 miles
million miles
Uranus
32,193 miles
1, million miles
Neptune
30,775 miles
2, million miles

8. Where Are We ?

9. Where Are We?

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11. Credits
NASA images
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National Geographic
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