Planetary Data

Quantity
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Mean distance from sun
(106 km)
57.9
108.2
149.6
227.9
778.6
1,433.5
2,872.5
4,495.1
5,906.4
Mean distance from sun
AU
0.387
0.723
1.0
1.523
5.205
9.582
19.20
30.05
39.48
Period of revolution, years
0.241
0.615
1.00
1.88
11.86
29.42
83.75
163.72
247.93
Orbital speed, km/s
47.4
35.0
29.8
24.1
13.1
9.7
6.81
5.43
4.74
Inclination of axis to orbit
0.01
177.4
23.4
25.2
3.1
26.7
97.8
28.3
122.5
Inclination of orbit to earth's orbit
7
3.39
0
1.85
1.30
2.49
0.77
1.77
17.2
Eccentricity of orbit
0.206
0.0068
0.0167
0.0934
0.0485
0.0556
0.046
0.011
0.244
Equatorial diameter, km
4,879
12,104
12,756
6,792
142,984
120,536
51,118
49,528
2370
Mass(earth=1)
0.0553
0.816
1.000
0.108
318
95.1
14.5
17.1
0.00245
Density (water = 1)
5.427
5.243
5.514
3.933
1.326
0.687
1.271
1.638
2.095
Escape velocity, equator, km/s
4.3
10.4
11.2
5.0
59.5
35.5
21.3
23.5
1.3
Satellites
0
0
1
2
67
62
27
14
5
High/Low temperatures, °C
350
480
58
27
...
...
...
...
-234
-170
-33
-88
-123
...
...
...
...
-390
Atmosphere
none
CO2
N2,O2
CO2
H2,He
H2,He
H2,He
H2,He
none
Data for individual planets
Note: The data in this table is mostly from the NASA Solar System Data Table and should be checked against NASA data for possible revisions.

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