Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Planets



Mercury:
Orbit57,910,000 km (0.38 AU) from Sun
Diameter 4,880 km
Mass 3.30e23 kg
Moons 0


http://nineplanets.org/mercury.html

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest planet in the Solar System. Mercury is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Ganymede and Titan but more than twice as massive.


Venus:
Orbit108,200,000 km (0.72 AU) from Sun
Diameter 12,103.6 km
Mass 4.869e24 kg
Moons 0

http://nineplanets.org/venus.html

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Venus' orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%.



Earth:
Orbit149,600,000 km (1.00 AU) from Sun
Diameter 12,756.3 km
Mass 5.972e24 kg
Moons 1

http://nineplanets.org/earth.html

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest.



Mars:
Orbit227,940,000 km (1.52 AU) from Sun
Diameter 6,794 km
Mass 6.4219e23 kg
Moons 2

http://nineplanets.org/mars.html

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the seventh largest.



Jupiter:
Orbit778,330,000 km (5.20 AU) from Sun
Diameter 142,984 km (equatorial)
Mass 1.900e27 kg
Moons 63

http://nineplanets.org/jupiter.html

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest. Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined (the mass of Jupiter is 318 times that of Earth).



Saturn:
Orbit1,429,400,000 km (9.54 AU) from Sun
Diameter 120,536 km (equatorial)
Mass 5.68e26 kg
Moons 62

http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest.



Uranus:
Orbit2,870,990,000 km (19.218 AU) from Sun
Diameter 51,118 km (equatorial)
Mass 8.683e25 kg
Moons 27

http://nineplanets.org/uranus.html

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third largest (by diameter). Uranus is larger in diameter but smaller in mass than Neptune.



Neptune:
Orbit 4,504,000,000 km (30.06 AU) from Sun
Diameter 49,532 km (equatorial)
Mass 1.0247e26 kg
Moons 13

http://nineplanets.org/neptune.html

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest (by diameter). Neptune is smaller in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus.


Pluto (Dwarf Planet):
Orbit5,913,520,000 km (39.5 AU) from the Sun (average)
Diameter 2274 km
Mass 1.27e22 kg
Moons 3

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