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Nine Planets and the
Space Probes
Created by
Dr. A. Dávila
Earth
Hubble Space
Telescope
• Average distance
from the Sun:
92,955,820 mi
(149,597,890 km)
• The Hubble
Space Telescope
was launched in
1990
• It orbits far above
the Earth’s
atmosphere and
returns data
Earth to Moon
• In 1959 Luna 1
left Earth and
passed within the
5,995 km (3,725
mi) of the Moon’s
surface after 83
hours of flight.
Venus
• Average distance
from the Sun:
67,237,910 mi
(108,208,930 km)
• On October 1973,
Mariner 10 was
sent on a trip
through the inner
solar system
• it took 4 months
to pass by Venus
Mercury
• Average distance
from the Sun
36,000,000
mi(60,000,000
km)
• On October 1973,
Mariner 10 was
sent on a trip
through the inner
solar system
• 5 months later it
passed by
Mercury
Mars
Mariner
• Minimum distance from
Earth is 56,000,000 km
(35,000,000 mi)
• The minimum distance
from at 60 mi per hr it
would take 66.5 years
• Light travels at a speed
of 670,000,000 miles per
hour, it would take 5
minutes
• In 1964, it took Mariner 4
eight months to reach
Mars
• Average distance from
Mars to the Sun:
142,000,000 mi
(228,000,000 km)
Jupiter
• Average distance
from the Sun
483,000,000 mi
(778,000,000 km)
• It took the Galileo
spacecraft six
years to reach it
(launched on
October 1989 )
Saturn
Saturn
• Average distance
from the Sun:
885,904,700 mi
(1,425,725,400 km)
• Cassini-Huygens
spacecraft was
launched on July
2004
• It took four years to
reach Saturn
Uranus
• Average distance from
the Sun:
1,783,939,400 mi
(2,870,972,200 km)
• Voyager 2
• It was launched on
August 1977
• The closest approach
occurred January 1986
(a little less than nine
years since it was
launched)
Voyager 2
Neptune
• Average distance from
the Sun:
2,795,084,800 mi
(4,498,252,900 km)
• Voyager 2
• It was launched on
August 1977
• The closest approach
occurred August 1989
(about three years after
reaching Uranus)
Voyager 2
Pluto
• Average distance from
the Sun:
3,670,050,000 mi
(5,906,380,000 km)
• New Horizon was
launched on January
2006
• Should reach Pluto on
July 2015
New Horizons