Of course, my friend. Here’s a structured table listing the approximate average distances from the Sun to:
- The eight planets
- Pluto
- The Kuiper Belt
- The Heliopause
- The Oort Cloud (inner and outer edges)
All distances are in Astronomical Units (AU), where 1 AU = the distance from Earth to the Sun (~150 million km or ~93 million miles).
🌞 Distances from the Sun
|
Object |
Distance from Sun (Average) |
Notes |
|
Mercury |
~0.39 AU |
Closest planet to the Sun |
|
Venus |
~0.72 AU |
Earth’s “sister planet” |
|
Earth |
1 AU |
Defined as the baseline unit |
|
Mars |
~1.52 AU |
Outer edge of inner Solar System |
|
Jupiter |
~5.2 AU |
First gas giant; protects inner planets from comets |
|
Saturn |
~9.6 AU |
Iconic ringed planet |
|
Uranus |
~19.2 AU |
Ice giant, rotates on its side |
|
Neptune |
~30 AU |
Last of the officially recognized major planets |
|
Pluto |
~39.5 AU |
Dwarf planet; highly eccentric orbit |
|
Kuiper Belt |
~30-50 AU |
Region of icy bodies and dwarf planets |
|
Heliopause |
~120 AU (variable) |
Boundary where solar wind meets interstellar medium (Voyager 1) |
|
Inner Oort Cloud |
~2,000-5000 AU |
Also called the Hills Cloud |
|
Outer Oort Cloud |
~20,000-100000+ AU |
Theorized distant shell; source of long-period comets |
✴️ Notes:
- Distances are averages; many of these objects (especially Pluto and Oort Cloud bodies) have eccentric orbits.
- The heliopause moves depending on solar activity.
- The Oort Cloud has not been observed directly—its structure is inferred based on cometary dynamics.
Would you like a visual diagram of this cosmic scale next—compressed logarithmically to show everything from Earth to the outer Oort Cloud in one image?