Our Planets, The Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Our Planets, The Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

This postcard was postmarked in 2026 from Germany.

 

Planet Mercury in 3D

Mercury - Mercure - Mercurio

Mercury, Venus, Earth and mars are depicted at 5 times the scale of the Sun and other planets.  Main planet on the A side not to scale.

This 3D postcard was bought in Finland in 2017.  

The Terrestial Planets of Our Solar System in 3-D

The Terrestrial Planets of Our Solar System

The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
They are primarily composed of rocky materials.  The Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets and the only planet to support life as we know it.

Photos:
Mercury: U.S. Geological Survey
Mars / Venus NASA / JPL
Earth: NASA Earth Observatory

Our Solar System

Our Solar System
This postcard is from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

With the exception of Pluto, spacecraft have visited all the planets in our solar system.  The groups of the inner (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) and outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are shown in perspective size on this composite image made of spacecraft images returned from five different missions between 1974 and 1993.

Satellite (Moon) Diameters Compared

Satellite Diameters Compared

Ganymede (Jupiter) - 5,270 KM (3,275 MI)
Callisto (Jupiter) - 5,000 KM (3,107 MI)
Titan (Saturn) - 4,850 KM (3,014 MI)
Io (Jupiter) - 3,636 KM (2,259 MI)
Moon (Earth) - 3,475 KM (2,159 MI)
Europa (Jupiter) - 2,980 KM (1,852 MI)
Mercury - 2,440 KM (1,156 MI)

Photo by NASA

Planets of Our Solar System in 3-D

The Planets of our Solar System
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury
Data: NASA
in 3D

Note:  Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars are depicted at 5 times the scale of the Sun and the other planets.  Dwarf planets like Ceres, Pluto and Eris are not shown.