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THE DISTANCE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

• Whatever scale you use, try to predict how far,
  say, Mercury or the Earth will be from the Sun
  before you make a model.

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SCALE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

• Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun and
  will take about seven years to get there. Mercury
  is the closest planet to the sun and takes about
  5 months to get there.

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 Planet Time taken from Earth if travel in a Spacecraft
Mercury 5 months
Venus 3 months
Earth  
Moon 3 days
Mars 8 months
Jupiter 1.5 years
Saturn 3.2 years
Uranus 8.5 years
Neptune 12 years
Pluto not yet visited
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Information on the planets

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
• Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.
• Earth is the only planet that can support
• Life.

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