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Diameter - Distance across the planet. Given in miles.
Inner Planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Diameter (miles) 3032 7521 7926 4222

Outer Planet Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Diameter (miles) 88846 74897 31763 30775 1485



Length of Day -Time it takes to Rotate (spin)
Inner Planet Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Length of Day (hours) 4222.6 2802 24 24.7

Outer Planet Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Length of Day (hours) 9.9 10.7 17.2 16.1 153.3



Distance from the Sun (in Millions of Miles)
Inner Planet Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Dist. from Sun (Millions of miles) 36 67.2 93 141.6

Outer Planet Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Dist. from Sun (Millions of miles) 483.8 890.8 1784.8 2793.1 3647.2



Time to Revolve - Length of their year, to go around the Sun, given in Earth Days
Inner Planet Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Orbital Period (days to revolve) 88 224.7 365.2 687

Outer Planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Orbital period (days to revolve) 4331 10747 30589 59800 90588



Number of Moons
Planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Number of Moons 0 0 1 2 61 33 26 13 1