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Our Solar System

Our Solar System is made up of a star:

The Sun

Nine planets:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

And at least 65 moons

Astronomical distances

Mercury to the Sun approximately 36,000,000 Miles
Mercury to the Sun approximately 58,000,000 Kilometers
Mercury to the Sun approximately 0.39 Astronomical Units
Mercury to the Sun approximately 3 minutes at Light Speed
Mercury to the Sun approximately 137 years at 30mph

Venus to the Sun approximately 67,000,000 Miles
Venus to the Sun approximately 108,000,000 Kilometers
Venus to the Sun approximately 0.72 Astronomical Units
Venus to the Sun approximately 6 minutes at Light Speed
Venus to the Sun approximately 255 years at 30mph

Earth to the Sun approximately 93,000,000 Miles
Earth to the Sun approximately 150,000,000 Kilometers
Earth to the Sun 1 Astronomical Unit
Earth to the Sun approximately 8 minutes at Light Speed
Earth to the Sun approximately 354 years at 30mph

Mars to the Sun approximately 141,000,000 Miles
Mars to the Sun approximately 228,000,000 Kilometers
Mars to the Sun approximately 1.52 Astronomical Units
Mars to the Sun approximately 13 minutes at Light Speed
Mars to the Sun approximately 536 years at 30mph

Jupiter to the Sun approximately 482,000,000 Miles
Jupiter to the Sun approximately 778,000,000 Kilometers
Jupiter to the Sun approximately 5.18 Astronomical Units
Jupiter to the Sun approximately 43 minutes at Light Speed
Neptune to the Sun approximately 1,833 years at 30mph

Saturn to the Sun approximately 886,000,000 Miles
Saturn to the Sun approximately 1,429,000,000 Kilometers
Saturn to the Sun approximately 9.53 Astronomical Units
Saturn to the Sun approximately 79 minutes at Light Speed
Saturn to the Sun approximately 3,369 years at 30mph

Uranus to the Sun approximately 1,785,000,000 Miles
Uranus to the Sun approximately 2,875,000,000 Kilometers
Uranus to the Sun approximately 19.19 Astronomical Units
Uranus to the Sun approximately 160 minutes at Light Speed
Uranus to the Sun approximately 6,788 years at 30mph

Neptune to the Sun approximately 2,788,000,000 Miles
Neptune to the Sun approximately 4,497,000,000 Kilometers
Neptune to the Sun approximately 29.98 Astronomical Units
Neptune to the Sun approximately 249 minutes at Light Speed
Neptune to the Sun approximately 10,601 years at 30mph

Pluto to the Sun approximately 3,672,000,000 Miles
Pluto to the Sun approximately 5,913,000,000 Kilometers
Pluto to the Sun approximately 39.48 Astronomical Units
Pluto to the Sun approximately 329 minutes at Light Speed
Pluto to the Sun approximately 13,963 years at 30mph

The above chart shows the rough distances between planets in scale, as you can see the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are actually pretty close together, but Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are pretty spread out.

The moons

Mercury has no moons
Venus has no moons
Earth has one moon called "The Moon"
Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos
Jupiter has at least 16 moons including Ganymede, Europa, Callisto and Io
Saturn has at least 22 moons including Titan, Dione, Enceladus and Rhea
Uranus has 15 moons including Umbriel, Titania, Ariel and Oberon
Neptune has 8 moons including Triton and Nereid
Pluto has one moon called Charon.

Please note:

Basic information was taken from a number of information sources and all information is in the public domain, some of the information such as light speed, astronomical units and 30mph times were calculated by me based on the other information. This is not meant to be a source of precise technical information, just a bit of fun information. Light Speed worked out using a speed of 670,436,629.2 mph. Why show how long it would take at 30mph? Well the Speed of Light is something most people cannot even imagine, so I thought I would include something that most people could easily relate to. Astronimal Unit distance is based on the Earth being about 93,000,000 miles from the Sun. Most planets are on eliptical orbits, so the distances are based on the average distance.