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Orbital, physical and photometric data of the planets |
Planet |
Mean Equatorial |
Mass1 |
Cubic Capacity |
Mean Density |
Flattening2 |
Period of Rotation |
Sidereal Period | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
km |
1/Earth |
x1024kg |
1/Earth |
1/Earth |
g/cm3 |
year |
d | ||
Mercury |
2439.7 |
0.38 |
0.330 |
0.055 |
0.056 |
5.43 |
0 |
0.24 |
58.65 |
Venus |
6051.8 |
0.95 |
4.869 |
0.815 |
0.858 |
5.24 |
0 |
0.62 |
−243.02 |
Earth |
6378.14 |
1.00 |
5.9742 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
5.52 |
0.003 |
1.00 |
0.997 |
(Moon) |
1737.4 |
0.27 |
0.0735 |
0.012 |
0.02 |
3.34 |
0 |
|
27.32 |
Mars |
3397 |
0.53 |
0.642 |
1.107 |
0.150 |
3.94 |
0.006 |
1.88 |
1.03 |
Jupiter |
71492 |
11.19 |
1898.8 |
317.833 |
1317.933 |
1.33 |
0.065 |
11.86 |
0.41 |
Saturn |
60268 |
9.41 |
568.50 |
95.159 |
749.718 |
0.70 |
0.098 |
29.46 |
0.44 |
Uranus |
25559 |
3.98 |
86.625 |
14.500 |
61.513 |
1.30 |
0.022 |
84.02 |
−0.72 |
Neptune |
24764 |
3.81 |
102.78 |
17.204 |
53.909 |
1.76 |
0.017 |
164.79 |
0.67 |
Pluto8 |
1151 |
0.24 |
0.015 |
0.003 |
0.012 |
1.1 |
0 |
247.70 |
−6.39 |
Planet |
Mean |
Minimum |
Angular Equatorial |
Magnitude |
Geometric | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Minimum |
|||||
AU7 |
mln km |
AU7 |
" |
m |
||||
Mercury |
0.39 |
57.89 |
0.61 |
11.0 |
4.8 |
−1.8 |
3.5 |
0.106 |
Venus |
0.72 |
108.16 |
0.28 |
60.2 |
9.7 |
−4.7 |
−3.0 |
0.65 |
Earth |
1.00 |
149.60 |
− |
− |
− |
− |
− |
0.367 |
(Moon) |
|
|
0.0026 |
31'04.2" |
|
−12.74 |
|
0.12 |
Mars |
1.52 |
227.99 |
0.52 |
17.9 |
3.7 |
−2.8 |
2.0 |
0.15 |
Jupiter |
5.20 |
778.36 |
4.20 |
46.9 |
31.8 |
−2.9 |
−1.2 |
0.52 |
Saturn |
9.54 |
1427.01 |
8.54 |
19.5 |
15.8 |
−0.4 |
1.5 |
0.47 |
Uranus |
19.22 |
2875.27 |
18.18 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
5.4 |
6.0 |
0.51 |
Neptune |
30.11 |
4504.39 |
29.06 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
0.41 |
Pluto8 |
39.44 |
5900.14 |
38.44 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
14.0 |
15.2 |
0.3 |
1 Values for the masses include the atmospheres but exclude satellites. 2 The Flattening is the ratio of the difference of the equatorial and polar radii to the equatorial radius. 3 Sidereal Period of Rotation is the rotation at the equator with respect to a fixed frame of reference. A negative sign indicates that the rotation is retrograde with respect to the pole that lies north of the invariable plane of the solar system. The period is measured in days of 86 400 SI seconds. 4 For Mercury and Venus the tabulated Minimum Geocentric Distance is the mean distance of the planet at inferior conjunction; for the outer planets it is the mean distance at opposition. 5 The tabulated Maximum Angular Diameter is based on the equatorial diameter when the planet is at the Minimum Geocentric Distance. 6 The Geometric Albedo is the ratio of the illumination of the planet at zero phase angle to the illumination produced by a plane, absolutely white Lambert surface of the same radius and position as the planet. 7 AU − Astronomical Unit: middle distance between Earth and Sun, equal 149.6 millions km. 8 On August 24, 2006, astronomers at the 26th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union declare that Pluto is no longer a planet. Now Pluto will merely be known as "dwarf planets". |
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