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SOLAR SYSTEM
the sun and everything that orbits around the sun
the solar system is known to be at least twenty light hours in diameter
the earth
the sun is eight light minutes away from us
the moon is one light second away
mercury is four light minutes away from where we are
venus is two light minutes away from the earth
mars is five light minutes away from our planet
jupiter is thirty six light minutes away
saturn is seventy two light minutes away
uranus is one hundred and fifty eight light minutes away
neptune is two hundred and forty seven light minutes away
eris is ten light hours away from us
NOTES
the orbit of some comets around the sun takes them further away from us than the nearest star
the nearest sun to our sun is two light years away