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“You are here” The Home Planet Jovian (outer) planets: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Terrestrial (inner): Mercury Venus Earth Mars The plane in which all planets (except Pluto) orbit the sun is the Plane of the Ecliptic. Radius = 4000 miles distance from sun= 92.5 million miles nearest star: 2.5 x 1016 miles oblate ellipsoid flattened at poles bulging at equator centrifugal force Revolution revolution takes 365.24 days leap year Path of revolution: counter-clockwise (viewed from a point in space above North Pole) orbit is “eccentric” orbit is an “ellipse” circle elli