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    The document contains a table comparing various physical characteristics of planets and major astronomical bodies in our solar system. The table includes data on mass, diameter, density, gravity, escape velocity, rotation period, distance from the sun, orbital elements, temperature, atmospheric pressure, natural satellites, ring systems, and magnetic fields. Mercury is the smallest and closest to the sun. Jupiter is over 10 times the mass of all other planets combined and has the strongest gravity. Pluto, though smaller than Earth's moon, has an eccentric orbit that occasionally brings it inside Neptune's orbit.

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    Astrophysics & Cosmology

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    The document contains a table comparing various physical characteristics of planets and major astronomical bodies in our solar system. The table includes data on mass, diameter, density, gravity, escape velocity, rotation period, distance from the sun, orbital elements, temperature, atmospheric pressure, natural satellites, ring systems, and magnetic fields. Mercury is the smallest and closest to the sun. Jupiter is over 10 times the mass of all other planets combined and has the strongest gravity. Pluto, though smaller than Earth's moon, has an eccentric orbit that occasionally brings it inside Neptune's orbit.

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    Facts sheet for planets

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    The document contains a table comparing various physical characteristics of planets and major astronomical bodies in our solar system. The table includes data on mass, diameter, density, gravity, escape velocity, rotation period, distance from the sun, orbital elements, temperature, atmospheric pressure, natural satellites, ring systems, and magnetic fields. Mercury is the smallest and closest to the sun. Jupiter is over 10 times the mass of all other planets combined and has the strongest gravity. Pluto, though smaller than Earth's moon, has an eccentric orbit that occasionally brings it inside Neptune's orbit.

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    Planetary Fact Sheet - Metric

    MERCURY VENUS EARTH MOON MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO

    Mass (1024kg) 0.330 4.87 5.97 0.073 0.642 1898 568 86.8 102 0.0146
    Diameter (km) 4879 12,104 12,756 3475 6792 142,984 120,536 51,118 49,528 2370

    Density (kg/m3) 5427 5243 5514 3340 3933 1326 687 1271 1638 2095

    Gravity (m/s2) 3.7 8.9 9.8 1.6 3.7 23.1 9.0 8.7 11.0 0.7
    Escape Velocity (km/s) 4.3 10.4 11.2 2.4 5.0 59.5 35.5 21.3 23.5 1.3
    Rotation Period (hours) 1407.6 -5832.5 23.9 655.7 24.6 9.9 10.7 -17.2 16.1 -153.3
    Length of Day (hours) 4222.6 2802.0 24.0 708.7 24.7 9.9 10.7 17.2 16.1 153.3

    Distance from Sun (106 km) 57.9 108.2 149.6 0.384* 227.9 778.6 1433.5 2872.5 4495.1 5906.4

    Perihelion (106 km) 46.0 107.5 147.1 0.363* 206.6 740.5 1352.6 2741.3 4444.5 4436.8

    Aphelion (106 km) 69.8 108.9 152.1 0.406* 249.2 816.6 1514.5 3003.6 4545.7 7375.9
    Orbital Period (days) 88.0 224.7 365.2 27.3 687.0 4331 10,747 30,589 59,800 90,560
    Orbital Velocity (km/s) 47.4 35.0 29.8 1.0 24.1 13.1 9.7 6.8 5.4 4.7
    Orbital Inclination
    7.0 3.4 0.0 5.1 1.9 1.3 2.5 0.8 1.8 17.2
    (degrees)
    Orbital Eccentricity 0.205 0.007 0.017 0.055 0.094 0.049 0.057 0.046 0.011 0.244
    Obliquity to Orbit (degrees) 0.034 177.4 23.4 6.7 25.2 3.1 26.7 97.8 28.3 122.5
    Mean Temperature (C) 167 464 15 -20 -65 -110 -140 -195 -200 -225
    Surface Pressure (bars) 0 92 1 0 0.01 Unknown* Unknown* Unknown* Unknown* 0.00001

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    Number of Moons 0 0 1 0 2 67 62 27 14 5
    Ring System? No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
    Global Magnetic Field? Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown
    MERCURY VENUS EARTH MOON MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO

    * - See the Fact Sheet Notes.

    Planetary Fact Sheet in U.S. Units

    Planetary Fact Sheet - Values compared to Earth

    Index of Planetary Fact Sheets - More detailed fact sheets for each planet

    Notes on the Fact Sheets - Explanations of the values and headings in the fact sheet

    Schoolyard Solar System - Demonstration scale model of the solar system for the classroom

    Author/Curator:
    Dr. David R. Williams, [email protected]
    NSSDCA, Mail Code 690.1
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Greenbelt, MD 20771
    +1-301-286-1258

    NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, [email protected]


    Last Updated: 07 June 2017, DRW

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