Yuri's Night 2002Resources

solar system on yuri's night

On 12 April 2001, Pluto was 4 hours and 12 minutes away from the Sun - if you can travel at the speed of light. Here is the info for the other planets, as well as some charts showing the positions of the planets in the solar system.

PlanetDistance from Sun
millions of km
Light Time
hours:min:sec
MercuryMercury57.110:03:10.5
VenusVenus108.070:06:00.5
EarthEarth149.970:08:20.2
MarsMars232.040:12:54.0
JupiterJupiter759.640:42:13.9
SaturnSaturn1360.931:15:39.6
UranusUranus2986.952:46:03.4
NeptuneNeptune4503.564:10:22.3
PlutoPluto4543.274:12:34.7

The chart below shows the positions of the planets on 12 April 2001. The inset is magnified by a factor of 6. This image was generated by the Solar System Simulator at JPL.

The planets on 12 April 2001
Solar System Simulator images courtesy Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Copyright (c) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. All rights reserved.

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