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SUN Largest object in the solar system - 1,393,000 kms
in diameter
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MERCURY Closest planet to the Sun - with average distance of
57,910,000 million kms. Mercury is 4,879 kilometres in diameter.
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VENUS Second planet from the Sun - average orbital
distance 108,200,000 million kms. Similar in size to Earth, Venus is 12,104 kilometres in
diameter.
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MOON Earth's natural satellite orbiting at a mean
distance of 384,401 kms. The Moon has an equatorial diameter of 3,476 kilometres.
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MARS The 4th planet from the Sun, Mars takes 1.88 years
to orbit the Sun at a mean distance of 227,940,000 kms. It has an equatorial diameter of
6,794 kilometres.
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JUPITER The 5th planet from the Sun and the largest with an
equatorial diameter of 142,984 kilometres. Orbits at a mean distance of 778,330,000 kms
taking 11.8 years.
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SATURN The 6th planet form the Sun taking 29.4 years to
complete one orbit of the Sun at a mean distance of 1.429 billion kms. Equatorial diameter
is 120,536 kilometres.
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URANUS The 7th planet form the Sun with an orbital period
of 84 years. Uranus orbits at a mean distance eof 2.87 billion kms and has a diameter of
51,118 kilometres.
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NEPTUNE The 8th planet form the Sun orbits at an average
distance of 4.5 billion kms taking 165 years to complete one orbit.Equatorial diameter is
49,527 kilometres.
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