How Big Is the Sun Compared to the Planets
The Sun Has a Radius of 696.340 Km / 432.685 Mi and a Diameter of 1.39 Million Km / 864.000 Mi. Earth, for Comparison, Has a Radius of Only 2.439 Km / 1.516...
How Big Is The Sun Compared To The Planets?
The Sun has a radius of 696.340 km / 432.685 mi and a diameter of 1.39 million km / 864.000 mi. Earth, for comparison, has a radius of only 2.439 km / 1.516 mi, and a diameter of just 12.742 km / 7.917 mi. All the planets in our Solar System combined account for just 0.2% of the Sun’s mass.
How does the size of the Sun compare to the size of the planets?
The Earth is actually one of the smaller planets compared to the giant planets in the outer solar system – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Big, Bigger, Biggest.
| Body | Diameter (Earth = 1) |
|---|---|
| Sun | 109 |
| Mercury | .38 |
| Venus | .95 |
| Earth | 1 |
Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.
