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SOLAR SYSTEM

the sun and everything that orbits around the sun

 

the solar system is known to be at least twenty light hours in diameter

 

 

the earth

 

 

the sun is eight light minutes away from us

 

 

the moon is one light second away

 

 

mercury is four light minutes away from where we are

 

 

venus is two light minutes away from the earth

 

 

mars is five light minutes away from our planet

 

 

jupiter is thirty six light minutes away

 

 

saturn is seventy two light minutes away

 

 

uranus is one hundred and fifty eight light minutes away

 

 

neptune is two hundred and forty seven light minutes away

 

 

eris is ten light hours away from us

NOTES

the orbit of some comets around the sun takes them further away from us than the nearest star

the nearest sun to our sun is two light years away