Fun Facts About Space
| Name of Planet | Average Distance from Sun |
Diameter | Time to Spin on Axis |
Time to Orbit Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adapted from: http://www.bobthealien.co.uk/table.htm | ||||
| Mercury | 57,900,000 km (36,000,000 mi) |
4,878 km (3,031 mi) |
59 days | 88 days |
| Venus | 108,160,000 km (67,000,000 mi) |
12,104 km (7,521 mi) |
243 days | 224 days |
| Earth | 149,600,000 km (92,960,000 mi) |
12,756 km (7,926 mi) |
3 hrs, 56 mins | 365.25 days |
| Mars | 227,936,640 km (141,700,000 mi) |
6,794 km (4,222 mi) |
24 hrs, 37 mins | 687 days |
| Jupiter | 778,369,000 km (483,500,000 mi) |
142,984 km (88,846 mi) |
9 hrs, 55 mins | 11.86 years |
| Saturn | 1,427,034,000 km (888,750,000 mi) |
120,536 km (74,900 mi) |
10 hrs, 39 mins | 29 years |
| Uranus | 2,870,658,186 km (1,783,744,300 mi) |
51,118 km (31,763 mi) |
17 hrs, 14 mins | 84 years |
| Neptune | 4,496,976,000 km (2,797,770,000 mi) |
49,532 km (30,779 mi) |
16 hrs, 7 mins | 164.8 years |