Here is a list of each planet’s average distance from the sun (in random order):
Figure out which distance corresponds to each planet and fill out the following table. Remember that Mercury is the innermost planet, so it has the shortest distance to the sun. The image above shows that Venus is the planet second nearest the sun. Which planet is third?
Planets Distance (km)
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Mercury 57.9 million km
Venus 108.2 million km
Earth 149.6 million km
Mars 227.9 million km
Jupiter 778.3 million km
Saturn 1.4 billion km
Uranus 2.9 billion km
Neptune 4.5 billion km
The third planet from the sun is Earth.