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THE DISTANCES FROM THE PLANETS TO THE EARTH
The table below provides the distances from the planets to the Earth sorted
by maximal distances.
In order to sort by minimal distance, click on the title of the columns.
Concerning the asteroids
and comets, see the pages dedicated to the close approaches to the Earth by these bodies.
| Planet | minimal distance in AU |
minimal distance in millions of km |
maximal distance in AU |
maximal distance in millions of km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 0.983 | 147 | 1.017 | 152.1 |
| Mercury | 0.552 | 82.5 | 1.446 | 216.3 |
| Venus | 0.266 | 39.79 | 1.736 | 259.71 |
| Mars | 0.372 | 55.65 | 2.671 | 399.58 |
| Jupiter | 3.957 | 591.97 | 6.454 | 965.52 |
| Saturn | 8.050 | 1 204.28 | 11.046 | 1 652.48 |
| Uranus | 17.292 | 2 586.88 | 21.089 | 3 154.91 |
| Neptune | 28.817 | 4 311.02 | 31.317 | 4 685.02 |
| Pluto | 28.699 | 4 293.37 | 50.291 | 7 523.53 |