Relative Distances Of Planets From Sun. We then began to speak in astronomical terms like earth diameters (roughly 8,000 miles) and astronomical units (the distance from the earth to the sun is 93,000,000 miles). Distance from the sun in km (000) distance where mercury equals 1:
Solar system distances from Sun, illustration Stock Image from www.sciencephoto.com
The relative distances are fixed from the radius of the epicycle — the epicycle transfers earth's orbit onto the planet, and the ratio of the epicycle radius (not the angular. In terms of the four closest planets to the sun, excluding earth, it can be seen how distance from the planet effects the time it takes for each planet to orbit the sun. We then began to speak in astronomical terms like earth diameters (roughly 8,000 miles) and astronomical units (the distance from the earth to the sun is 93,000,000 miles).
