Solar System Planet Size Comparison Chart

Director nasa planetary science division.

Solar system planet size comparison chart.

Click on a planet or the sun for details on composition mass gravity and number of moons. Discovered exoplanets each year with discovery methods as of 5 march 2020. Outward from the sun the planets are mercury venus earth mars jupiter saturn uranus and neptune followed by the dwarf planet pluto. Press the left button and move the mouse to rotate.

Use the buttons at the top to sort the planets by their order from the sun or by. Size of planets in order. A simple way to compare the sizes of our solar system s planets the sun and the moon. Change between km mi in settings.

Planetary size and distance comparison planetary size and distance comparison students use metric measurement including astronomical units au to investigate the relative size and distance of the planets in our solar system. Jupiter for example is approximately 11 times the diameter of the earth. However ceres r 470 km is the smallest body for which detailed measurements are consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium whereas iapetus r 735 km is the largest icy body that has been found to not be in. Size comparison of solar system planets sun and some stars that are near to us and well known.

This site is maintained by the planetary science communications team at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory and goddard space flight center for nasa s science mission directorate. List of objects by mean radius larger than 400 km. You can also zoom in and out on the planets or the sun using the plus and minus buttons. Mercury on the other hand is 2 6 times smaller in diameter than the earth.

According to nasa this is the estimated radii of the eight planets in our solar system in order of size we also have included the radii sizes relative to earth to help. You can compare them side by side or with the smaller object positioned on the surface of the larger one. This illustration shows the approximate sizes of the planets relative to each other. Jupiter s diameter is about 11 times that of the earth s and the sun s diameter is about 10 times jupiter s.

Then they use scale to model relative distance. After you have selected two objects. When it comes to their measurable sizes in diameter the planets vary greatly. The planets in our solar system are each very unique for various reasons.

Size comparison of jupiter and the exoplanet tres 3b tres 3b has an orbital period of only 31 hours and is classified as a hot jupiter for being large and close to its star making it one of the easiest planets to detect by the transit method.