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Mercury 36 million Miles
Venus 67 million miles
Earth 93 million miles
Mars 141 million
Jupiter 483 million
saturn 888 million miles
Uranus 1 billion 784 million
Neptune 2 billion 799 million
If you count Pluto as part of the system still: Pluto is 3 billion 674 million miles

2006-10-28 11:05:26 · answer #1 · answered by Cuddly Lez 6 · 0 0

The orbits are elliptical, and each planet therefore has a perihelion (nearest point to the Sun) and an aphelion (farthest distance from the Sun).

As follows (measured in AUs, where 1 Astronomical Unit = 93 million miles, as this makes comparisons easier to visualise):

Mercury: Perihelion: 0.31 AU. Aphelion: 0.47 AU.
Venus: Perihelion: 0.72 AU. Aphelion: 0.73 AU.
Earth: Perihelion: 0.98 AU, Aphelion: 1.02 AU,
Mars: Perihelion: 1.38 AU, Aphelion: 1.66 AU.
Jupiter: Perihelion: 4.95 AU. Aphelion: 5.46 AU.
Saturn: Perihelion: 9.02 AU. Aphelion: 10.05 AU.
Uranus: Perihelion: 18.29 AU, Aphelion: 20.09 AU
Neptune: Perihelion: 29.81 AU, Aphelion: 30.33 AU.

Dwarf Planets:

Ceres: Perihelion: 2.54 AU. Aphelion: 2.98 AU.
Pluto: Perihelion: 29.66 AU. Aphelion: 49.31 AU
Eris: Perihelion: 37.77 AU. Aphelion: 97.56 AU

2006-10-28 18:46:30 · answer #2 · answered by brucebirchall 7 · 0 0

the first answer may be only the average distances. Planets orbit as in an ellipse (a kind of oval shape)

2006-10-28 18:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by cehelp 5 · 0 0

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