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| . | The table shows the actual diameters and average distances of the planets from the Sun. To help visualize the huge distances in space, the scaled sizes and distances are also provided. In fact, that is the whole point of this page, to make it easy for teachers and others to use a beachball as a Sun, and measure off how far away the tiny planets would be. To create an accurate model, the Sun should be 330 mm in diameter, or 13 inches, to approximately match the scale of the planets' pictures. | . |
| . | Mercury | Venus | Earth |
Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus |
Neptune | Pluto |
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| Distance (Scaled to meters) | 14 | 26 | 35 | 54 | 184 | 338 | 681 | 1066 | 1399 |
| Distance Miles (millions) | 36 | 67 | 93 | 142 | 483 | 887 | 1,784 | 2,796 | 3,666 |
| Distance Kilometers (millions) | 58 | 108 | 150 | 228 | 778 | 1,427 | 2,780 | 4,497 | 5,900 |
| Diameter (Scaled to millimeters) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 1/2 |
| Diameter Miles |
3,032 | 7,519 | 7,926 | 4,194 | 88,736 | 74,978 | 32,193 | 30,775 | 1,423(?) |
| Diameter Kilometers | 4,880 | 12,100 | 12,756 | 6,794 | 142,800 | 120,660 | 51,810 | 49,528 | 2,290 |