This post is a list of the planets in the Solar System. There are 8 planets listed below by average proximity to the sun. The diameter of each planet is also provided.
1. Mercury - 4,880 km
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2. Venus - 12,102 km
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Ricardo Nunes
3. Earth - 12,742 km
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA, NOAA, GSFC, Sumoi NPR, VIIRS and Norman Kuring
4. Mars - 6,778 km
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA/USGS
5. Jupiter - 139,822
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA and Johns Hopkins University
6. Saturn - 116,464 km (not including rings)
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7. Uranus - 50,724
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8. Neptune - 49,244
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