Thursday, May 24, 2012

What are the nine planets?my very eager mother just served us nine pickles

Planets are large natural objects that orbit the sun. Names of the 9 planets along with their mean distance from sun and diameters are listed below.


Name                Distance from Sun        Diameter


('000 km)                     (km)


Mercury                57,900                           4,878


Venus                 108,200                         12,104


Earth                  149,600                         12,756


Mars                  227,900                           6,796


Jupiter               778,440                       142,984


Saturn            1,429,400                       120,536


Uranus           2,875,000                         51,118


Neptune         4,504,300                         49,500


Pluto               5,900,100                          2,300


Please note that as per a revised definition of planets adopted by International Astronomical Union in 2006, Pluto is no longer qualifies as planet.

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