Sundar and
Vansh are looking carefully at the
picture given below and are
observing that the planets differ in
size.They are trying to find the rank
that our earth holds in respect of
size.Can you help them to find it?
Answers
Earth is the fifth largest planet in the solar system.
Explanation:
The solar system consists of eight planets revolving around the sun. The eight planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is the closest to the sun. Neptune is the farthest from the sun, followed by Pluto but it is not considered a planet.
The order of the planets in terms of their size is given below, along with a comparison of the planet's size vs. the Earth.
- Jupiter – 1,120% the size of Earth
- Saturn – 945% the size of Earth
- Uranus – 400% the size of Earth
- Neptune – 388% the size of Earth
- Earth
- Venus – 95% the size of Earth
- Mars – 53% the size of Earth
- Mercury – 38% the size of Earth
Earth is the fourth smallest or the fifth largest in the solar system.
Explanation:
The planets in our solar system are different in sizes as well have different distances from one another. If we talk about the size of our earth planet, then it is the fifth largest of the planet in the solar system. It is smaller than the four gaseous planets which include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune but it is larger than the three remaining planets which are Mercury, Mars and Venus