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What is the distance between the Earth and the farthest planet?
The distance from Earth to the Sun is 93 million miles (149 million kilometers), but the distance to the farthest planet Neptune is nearly 3 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers).
How far is each planet from Earth?
| Planet (or Dwarf Planet) | Distance from the Sun (Astronomical Units miles km) | Number of Moons |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 0.39 AU, 36 million miles 57.9 million km | 0 |
| Venus | 0.723 AU 67.2 million miles 108.2 million km | 0 |
| Earth | 1 AU 93 million miles 149.6 million km | 1 |
| Mars | 1.524 AU 141.6 million miles 227.9 million km | 2 |
What are the planets in order from farthest to closest?
The order of planets from closest to farthest from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
What is the farthest distance between Earth and Mars?
The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers. The farthest apart they can be is about 401 million km. The average distance is about 225 million km.
Which country went to Mars first in world?
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| # | Launch | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1960 | USSR (flyby) |
| 2 | 1960 | USSR (flyby) |
| 3 | 1962 | USSR (flyby) |
| 4 | 1962 | USSR (flyby) |
What’s the distance between Earth and the nearest planet?
At their closest, the gap between them is 38 million kilometers, and at their furthest, 261 million kilometers. It varies by the orbital position of the two planets. The average is about 26 million miles and the closest is about 24 million miles.
What’s the distance between Venus and the Earth?
The distance between Venus and Earth varies depending on where the two planets are in their orbits. At their closest, the gap between them is 38 million kilometers, and at their furthest, 261 million kilometers. It varies by the orbital position of the two planets. The average is about 26 million miles and the closest is about 24 million miles.
Which is closer to the sun or earth?
All the planets whose orbits lie closer to the Sun than the Earth’s orbit are closest to the Earth at the time of Inferior Conjunction. On the other hand, planets having a greater distance from the Sun are at a minimum distance from Earth during times of Superior Conjunction.
How big is the distance from Earth to the Red Planet?
The mean distance from here to the red planet is about 225 million kilometers. On the scale of astronomical units, it is equal to 0.52 AU. These planets can go as far as 401 million kilometers.