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The planets are listed in order from closest to the Sun heading outward. The diameter is listed in kilometers, number of moons and rings are indicated, temperature is listed in degrees Fahrenheit, days and years are in relation to Earth's time scale, mass is listed as compared to Earth if Earth's mass equalled 1, and AU stands for Astronomical Units, or the distance from the Sun, with Earth being 1 AU from the Sun. Click on the links for more in-depth information.
- 4878 km diameter
- 0 moons
- 0 rings
- -279 F to 800 F
- 88 Earth days = 1 Mercury year
- 59 Earth days = 1 Mercury day
- .06 mass
- .3 AU from the Sun
- 12,104 km diameter
- 0 moons
- 0 rings
- 900 F
- 225 Earth days = 1 Venus year
- 243 Earth days = 1 Venus day
- .82 mass
- .7 AU from the Sun
- 12,756 km diameter
- 1 moon
- 0 rings
- 56 F
- 365 days = 1 Earth year
- 24 hours = 1 Earth day
- 1 mass
- 1 AU from the Sun
- 6795 km diameter
- 2 moons
- 0 rings
- -200 to 70 F
- 687 Earth days = 1 Mars year
- 24.5 Earth hours = 1 Mars day
- .1 mass
- 1.67 AU from the Sun
- 142,985 km diameter
- 63 moons
- 3 rings
- -150 F
- 12 Earth years = 1 Jupiter year
- 10 Earth hours = 1 Jupiter day
- 318 mass
- 5 AU from the Sun
- 120,537 km diameter
- 33 moons
- 4 main and thousands of smaller rings
- -300 F
- 30 Earth years = 1 Saturn year
- 10.5 Earth hours = 1 Saturn day
- 95 mass
- 9 AU from the Sun
- 51,119 km diameter
- 21 known moons
- 11 rings
- -350 F
- 84 Earth years = 1 Uranus year
- 15 Earth hours = 1 Uranus day
- 14.5 mass
- 19 AU from the Sun
- 50,538 km diameter
- 13 known moons
- 4 rings
- -260 F
- 165 Earth years = 1 Neptune year
- 18 Earth hours = 1 Neptune day
- 17 mass
- 30 AU from the Sun
Pluto (now considered a dwarf planet)
- 2320 km diameter
- 3 moons
- 0 rings
- -370 F
- 249 Earth years = 1 Pluto year
- 6.5 Earth days = 1 Pluto day
- .003 mass
- 49 AU from the Sun
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