PLANETS

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Merc.	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Nept.	Pluto

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Planet Sizes and Distances from Sun:

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 match the scale of the planets' pictures. [This Web page was designed for 640 X 480 screen resolution; print planet pictures at normal 72 pixels per inch to match the scale on the table.]

Distance (Scaled to meters)	14	26	35	54	184	338	681	1066	1399
	Mercury	Venus	Earth	. Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
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

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