Distances Between the Planets of the Solar System • The Planets

Distances Between Planets

The distances between planets will vary depending on where each planet is in its orbit around the Sun. Sometimes the distances will be closer and other times they will be farther away.

The reason for this is that the planets have elliptical orbits and none of them are perfect circles. As an example, the distance between the planet Mercury and Earth can range from 77 million km at the closest point, to as far as 222 million km at the farthest. There is a huge amount of different in the distances between the planets depending on their position on their orbit path.

The table below shows the eight planets and the average distance between them. The AU column is the distance in astronomical units.

1 AU is the distance from the Sun to Earth, which is 149,600,000 km.

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Planet distance table

From	To	AU	KM	MILES
Mercury	Venus	0.34	50,290,000	31,248,757
Mercury	Earth	0.61	91,691,000	56,974,146
Mercury	Mars	1.14	170,030,000	105,651,744
Mercury	Jupiter	4.82	720,420,000	447,648,234
Mercury	Saturn	9.14	1,366,690,000	849,221,795
Mercury	Uranus	18.82	2,815,640,000	1,749,638,696
Mercury	Neptune	29.70	4,443,090,000	2,760,936,126
Venus	Earth	0.28	41,400,000	25,724,767
Venus	Mars	0.8	119,740,000	74,402,987
Venus	Jupiter	4.48	670,130,000	416,399,477
Venus	Saturn	8.80	1,316,400,000	817,973,037
Venus	Uranus	18.49	2,765,350,000	1,718,388,490
Venus	Neptune	29.37	4,392,800,000	2,729,685,920
Earth	Mars	0.52	78,340,000	48,678,219
Earth	Jupiter	4.2	628,730,000	390,674,710
Earth	Saturn	8.52	1,275,000,000	792,248,270
Earth	Uranus	18.21	2,723,950,000	1,692,662,530
Earth	Neptune	29.09	4,351,400,000	2,703,959,960
Mars	Jupiter	3.68	550,390,000	342,012,346
Mars	Saturn	7.99	1,196,660,000	743,604,524
Mars	Uranus	17.69	2,645,610,000	1,643,982,054
Mars	Neptune	28.56	4,273,060,000	2,655,279,484
Jupiter	Saturn	4.32	646,270,000	401,592,178
Jupiter	Uranus	14.01	2,095,220,000	1,301,969,708
Jupiter	Neptune	24.89	3,722,670,000	2,313,267,138
Saturn	Uranus	9.7	1,448,950,000	900,377,530
Saturn	Neptune	20.57	3,076,400,000	1,911,674,960
Uranus	Neptune	10.88	1,627,450,000	1,011,297,430

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Planet distance table

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