Counting out from Earth:
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. So, Saturn is the 3rd planet outward from the Earth.
There are no stars in our solar system except the Sun, and that's at the center of the solar system. So, you wouldn't pass any stars going from Earth to Saturn.
The last question has no single answer. Both the Earth and Saturn move in nearly-circular elliptical orbits. But the Earth goes around its orbit faster than Saturn goes around its orbit. That means that sometimes, they're lined up in a straight line going out from the Sun, and at other times, they're on opposite sides of the Sun. Most of the time, they're somewhere in between those two extremes, but the exact distance is always changing.
Saturn is somewhere around 870 million miles from the Sun, and Earth is about 93 million miles from the Sun. So, when the two line up, it's about 777 million miles from Earth to Saturn, and when they're on opposite sides of the Sun, it's about 963 million miles. But, like I said, most of the time it's somewhere between those two numbers.
2007-10-03 03:04:04
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answered by El Jefe 7
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Please take time to write a more intelligible question.
1. Currently there are 8 planets in the solar system, since Pluto has been demoted. If you mean how many planets in all the universe or in our galaxy, LOTS. Nobody knows. As an average you could say 8 per star and no one could prove you wrong.
2. In our solar system there is one star, the sun. In the Galaxy estimates vary from about 200 billion to 400 billion. In the Universe? LOTS. No one really knows. Galaxies are like grains of sand.
3. Distance form Earth? Hard to say. It varies every second depending on where the two planets are in their orbit around the sun. Even when expressed as distance from the sun it varies, since orbits are elliptical. The distance from the sun is
887,000,000 miles. If you want you can subtract the earths distance from the sun, 93,000,000 miles and get an answer, but it certainly won't be exact.
2007-10-03 03:01:32
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answered by Anonymous
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