1. Label the planets of the solar system in order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
2. To calculate the distance of each planet from the Sun in kilometers, multiply the distance in astronomical units (AU) by 149,600,000 km (the average distance from the Earth to the Sun).
- Mercury: 0.39 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 58,344,000 km
- Venus: 0.72 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 107,712,000 km
- Earth: 1.00 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 149,600,000 km
- Mars: 1.52 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 227,392,000 km
- Jupiter: 5.20 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 777,920,000 km
- Saturn: 9.58 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 1,433,088,000 km
- Uranus: 19.20 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 2,872,320,000 km
- Neptune: 30.10 AU × 149,600,000 km/AU = 4,502,960,000 km
The completed table is:
| Planet Name | Distance from Sun (in AU) | Distance from Sun (in kilometers) |
|-------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Mercury | 0.39 | 58,344,000 |
| Venus | 0.72 | 107,712,000 |
| Earth | 1.00 | 149,600,000 |
| Mars | 1.52 | 227,392,000 |
| Jupiter | 5.20 | 777,920,000 |
| Saturn | 9.58 | 1,433,088,000 |
| Uranus | 19.20 | 2,872,320,000 |
| Neptune | 30.10 | 4,502,960,000 |
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