From Jupiter To Mercury, This Is The Size Of The Planet From The Largest To The Smallest

The size of the planet in the solar system (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA The solar system has eight officially recognized planets, including Earth. Although many know the order of the largest to smallest planet, you may be curious about its original size.

The size of planets in the solar system is quite diverse and is not affected from its distance to Earth. To find out the size of each planet, NASA calculates the size of the planet with an equatorial diameter.

Simply put, the equator is a circular line of joy in the middle of the planet and divides it into two parts. This line doesn't really exist, but is often used by astronomers.

The equator will help astronomers calculate the original size of Earth or other planets, both in the solar system and beyond. The following is a list of the sizes of planets from the largest to the smallest.

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet with a size 11 times wider than Earth. The planet has an equatorial diameter of 142,984 kilometers. As the fifth planet of the Sun, Jupiter orbits with a distance of 778 million kilometers.

Saturn

The next second largest planet is Saturn. The planet has an equatorial diameter of 120,536 kilometers, nine times wider than Earth. As the sixth planet from the Sun, Saturn orbits with a distance of 1.4 billion kilometers.

Uranus

Uranus is the third largest planet with a size four times wider than Earth. The planet is 51,118 kilometers in diameter and is the seventh planet from the Sun in terms of distance.

Neptune

As the next largest planet, Neptune has an equatorial diameter of 49,528 kilometers. With a size not that different from Uranus, the planet is the farthest planet from the Sun.

Earth

Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar system with a diameter of 12,756 kilometers, very small when compared to Neptune or other planets. This planet of humans orbits 149.7 kilometers away from the Sun.

Venus

The size of Venus is almost as big as Earth, which is 12,104 kilometers. Therefore, this planet is often called Earth's twin. Venus is the second planet from the Sun with an orbital distance of about 108 million kilometers.

Mars

With a smaller size than Earth, Mars is the seventh largest planet in the solar system. The equator's diameter of the planet is only 6,792 kilometers with an orbital distance of about 227.9 million kilometers from the Sun.

Mercury

Although closest to the Sun, which is about 58 million kilometers in orbit, Mercury is very small. The planet has an equatorial diameter of 4,880 kilometers.