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How Far Are the Planets From the Sun?
Directions: In our activity we saw how far away from the sun each planet is. Now we need to
figure out how far they are in miles. Each step is 36 million miles. To figure out each planets
distance from the sun, multiply the number of steps we took by 36.
1. Mercury 1 step
2. Venus 2 steps
3. Earth 3 steps

4. Mars 4 steps

5. Jupiter 13 steps

6. Saturn 25 steps

7. Uranus 50 steps

8. Neptune 78 steps