Solar System Dimensions

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How big is the Solar System?

It’s hard to grasp just how big it is. For example, the sun is 865,000 miles in diameter and the solar system is trillions of miles across. OK? That’s not a human scale, my brain has no idea how big that is. Let’s fix it. (PSSSREUORrrrrr shrink ray noise!)

How many planets are in our Solar System?

Pluto (lower right) and its biggest moon Charon (upper left). Composite of images taken by New Horizons on July 14, 2015. Image by NASA. U nless you’re pretty young, you learned in school that our solar system consists of nine planets.

How big is the Sun?

It is a star that resides at the center of the solar system, and its heat and light sustain life on Earth. The sun has a diameter of about 1.4 million kilometers, which is more than 100 times the diameter of Earth. It is also massive, with a total mass of about 1.99 x 10^30 kilograms.

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