Table : TABLE 2-2 AVERAGE DISTANCES OF THE PLANETS FROM THE SUN

 

Measurement (AU)

 

By Copernicus

Modern

Mercury

    0.38

  0.39

Venus

    0.72

  0.72

Earth

    1.00

  1.00

Mars

    1.52

  1.52

Jupiter

    5.22

  5.20

Saturn

    9.07

  9.54

Uranus

Unknown

19.19

Neptune

Unknown

30.06