Solar System Distances

Please select the correct names of the planets in proper order in the table below:

Distances of Planets from the Sun
(click in "view" column to check your answers and to find some of the planet diameters)

#	Name	Type	Distance from Sun	View
1	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Rocky	58 million kilometers
2	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Rocky	109 million kilometers
3	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Rocky	150 million kilometers
4	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Rocky	228 million kilometers
A	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Rocky	Most are in the range of 200-700 million kilometers
5	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Gas Giant	778 million kilometers
6	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Gas Giant	1.4 billion kilometers
7	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Gas Giant	2.9 billion kilometers
8	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Gas Giant	4.5 billion kilometers
9	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Rocky	5.9 billion kilometers
C	Select Correct Planet Asteroids Comets Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus	Icy	Highly non-circular orbits--making distances 0-20 billion kilometers or more

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Last updated 06/23/2004