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Scientific notation mercury, Venus, earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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The scientific notation include:

  • Mercury: 0.39 AU
  • Venus: 0.72 AU
  • Earth: 1.00 AU (by definition)
  • Mars: 1.52 AU
  • Jupiter: 5.20 AU
  • Saturn: 9.58 AU
  • Uranus: 19.22 AU
  • Neptune: 30.05 AU

What are scientific notations?

The scientific notation for the average distance from the Sun to each planet in our solar system is given in astronomical units (AU), where 1 AU is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun (about 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers).

Mercury: 0.39 AU

Venus: 0.72 AU

Earth: 1.00 AU (by definition)

Mars: 1.52 AU

Jupiter: 5.20 AU

Saturn: 9.58 AU

Uranus: 19.22 AU

Neptune: 30.05 AU

These values represent the average orbital distances of the planets from the Sun in terms of Earth's distance from the Sun.

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