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The third planet from the Sun (counting from closest to farthest) is the Earth.
The planets closest to the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars in that order. The planets farthest from the Sun are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Each planet's distance from the Sun varies due to their elliptical orbits.
The distance from Earth to Mars varies as both planets orbit the Sun. On average, the distance between Earth and Mars is about 140 million miles, but this can range from around 34 million miles at their closest approach to about 250 million miles at their farthest.
The order of the planets (closest to farthest from the sun) is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
When Venus is farthest from the Sun and Earth is at its closest, the distance between Venus and Earth can be as low as 39.5 million kilometers (23.6 million miles). The average distance between the planets' orbital distances is 41.4 million kilometers or about 25.7 million miles.Because the planets orbit at different speeds, the distance at any given time will be much larger, up to a maximum of about 261 million kilometers.