Are all the planets the same size?

Question

my little sister is making a project about the planets. im helping her. are all the planets same size? since she is small liike in 3rd grade would she be able just to draw them all equal and the teacher wont get her introuble? should we do that or what sizes are they if we dont do it? help me pleasee

Answer 1

The first link below has some really good pictures, explaining the relative sizes of the planets, and how they are colored. Just ignore the part where they start comparing sizes of stars. The second link below has them all together in a row, so you can get a better idea of relative size.



I would do kind of a combination of the two. The teacher should like that. Good luck.

Answer 2

Absolutely not! The largest planet in the Solar System (Jupiter) is more than 29 times wider than the smallest (Mercury), and has a mass over 5000 times greater. If you imagine a pumpkin compared to a small steel marble, that gives you some idea of the difference. Outside the Solar System there exist some planets even larger than Jupiter.

Answer 3

The planets in the solar system are not all the same sizes.



If you wanted to compare them in terms of every day objects, with the sun being a beach ball you would get the following sizes:



Sun: 1 meter beach ball

Mercury: 3.5mm (size of a ball bearing in a bike)

Venus: 8.7mm (a wild blueberry)

Earth: 9.1mm (a small marble)

Mars: 4.8mm (a cranberry)

Jupiter: 10cm (an orange)

Saturn: 8.4cm not including rings (a tangerine)

Uranus: 3.64 cm (slightly smaller than a ping pong ball)

Neptune: 3.53cm (slightly smaller than a ping pong ball)

Pluto: 1.6mm (a grape seed)

Answer 4

Same size as Earth

Venus



Smaller than Earth

Mars, 1/2

Mercury, 2/5



Larger than Earth

Uranus, Neptune, 4 times

Saturn, 9.4 times

Jupiter, 11.25 times

Answer 5

You should never do something wrong simply because you're lazy or don't think anyone will care. Google the relative sizes and draw or model the planets to scale, or at least relative to each other. Most third graders know the relative sizes of the planets. It's not that hard.

Answer 6

No there are not the same size.



Take a look at this web page.



http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/messenger/psc/PlanetSize.html



at the top on the right side select the planet then click on compare.



Example: Earth is 12756 KM in Diameter and Jupiter is 142740 KM in Diameter.

Answer 7

Noooo not all the planets are the same size, search up planets and the solar system it should show pictures of all the planets together and the colors and sizes of them.

Answer 8

Put Mercury, Venus, and Earth about the same size . Put Mars smaller than all 3 planets ,put Jupiter the biggest, Saturn second biggest with lines that look like rings in the middle ,Uranus 3rd biggest and Neptune the 4th biggest and Pluto the smallest planet of all 9 planets

Answer 9

Earth(blue) , Venus(orange) same size (next to smallest in size)



Mars(red) , Mercury(grey) same size (smallest)



Saturn (with rings)(color lines) , Jupiter(color lines) same size (make Jupiter a little bigger) (thes are the biggest)



Neptune(deep blue) , Uranus(green) same size (next to biggest)



This should help

Answer 10

Are all people the same size?



Or is that just what the government and Big Pharma WANT you to believe?!...

Answer 11

No, but if she is small I don't think her teacher will care.

Answer 12

no they're not...



http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/media/space-environment/planets.jpg