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When it comes to their measurable sizes in diameter, the planets vary greatly. Jupiter, for example, is approximately 11 times the diameter of the Earth. Mercury, on the other hand, is 2.6 times smaller in diameter than the Earth. Below you will find a list of the planet’s mean diameters from largest to smallest.
The size of planets from smallest to largest is Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter. The dwarf planet Pluto is smaller than Mercury. Earth is the largest terrestrial or inner planet.
Each planet’s width is compared to Earth’s equatorial diameter, which is about 7,926 miles (12,756 kilometers). At the bottom of the page, there is a handy list of the order of the planets moving away from our Sun.
Planets in our Solar system size comparison. Largest to smallest are pictured left to right, top to bottom: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury. Via...
The smallest planet in regards to both mass and volume is Mercury — at 4,879 km across and 3.3010 x 10 23 kg, this tiny world is nearly 20 times less massive than Earth, and its diameter is about 2½ times smaller. In fact, Mercury is closer in size to our Moon than to Earth.
The Solar System: Planet Sizes. This illustration shows the approximate sizes of the planets relative to each other. Outward from the Sun, the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, followed by the dwarf planet Pluto.
Explore the size differences among the terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—and their impact on gravity and atmosphere. Examine the sizes of dwarf planets like Pluto, illustrating how they compare to their larger counterparts in the solar system.
The smallest planet in our solar system is Mercury. The planet is about 1/3 of the width of Earth with a radius of 1,516 miles. Earth’s moon has a radius of just over 1,000 miles. Scientists...
This slide shows how dramatically different the planets in our solar system are in size. Some of the smallest bodies in our solar system are shown in the first view, from Ceres to Earth; in the second view, Earth is next to Jupiter and other larger planets.
The inner planets— Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars —have rocky compositions. In contrast, the four outer planets, also called the Jovian, or giant, planets— Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune —are large objects that are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium (Jupiter and Saturn) or of ice, rock, hydrogen, and helium (Uranus and Neptune).