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    • Solar System showing sizes of planets relative to one another
    Rights: NASA Published 20 March 2017 Size: 390 KB Referencing Hub media

    An illustration of our Solar System showing the sizes of planets relative to one another. The planets are not shown at the correct distance from the Sun.

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