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
High/Low temperatures, °C	-170	-33	-88	-123	...	...	...	...	-390
Atmosphere	none	CO2	N2,O2	CO2	H2,He	H2,He	H2,He	H2,He	none

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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