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The work on this page has been possible, by the contribution of Carissa.
It is a work in progress...
Some values may be approximated.
If you happen to find any mistakes, please, let us know.
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Planets: Diameter:
(earth = 1) 		Mass:
(earth = 1) 		Volume:
(earth = 1) 		Average Density: [kg/dm3]
(water = 1) 		Surface gravity:
(earth = 1) 		# of known Moons: Surface temperature: [°C](°F)
Sun (star) 109 333,000 1,300,000 1.41 27.94 0 5,500 (9,900)
Mercury 0.38 0.06 0.06 5.43 0.38 0 167 (333)
Venus 0.95 0.82 0.86 5.20 0.91 0 464 (867)
Earth 7,926 miles 6.59 x 1021 tons 2.6 x 1011 mile3 5.52 1 1 15 (59)
(Earth's) Moon 0.27 0.01 0.02 3.34 0.17 n/a .
Mars 0.53 0.11 0.15 3.93 0.38 2 -63 (-81)
Jupiter 11.21 318 1,321 1.33 2.36 58 -144 (-227)
Saturn 9.14 95 764 0.69 0.92 18 -176 (-285)
Uranus 4.0 14.5 63 1.32 0.89 17 -215 (-355)
Neptune 3.9 17.1 58 1.64 1.12 8 -215 (-355)
Pluto 0.18 0.002 0.006 2.0 0.07 1 -223 (-369)

Planets: Maximum Magnitude: Magnitude: Distance from Earth: Distance from Sun: Orbit speed:
[km/s](mi/s) 		Orbital semi-major axis [A.U.]: Orbital period (earth years):
Sun (star) -26.7 -26.8 . . . . . .
Mercury -1.5 -0.42 . . . 47.9 (29.8) 0.39 0.24
Venus -4.7 -3.97 . . . 35.0 (21.8) 0.72 0.62
Earth n/a -26.8 . . . 29.8 (18.5) 1.0 1.0
(Earth's) Moon -12.7 -8.69 . . . 1.0 (0.6) 0.002 (1.0) .
Mars -2.8 0.91 . . . 24.1 (15.0) 1.5 1.9
Jupiter -2.9 -2.34 . . . 13.1 (8.1) 5.2 11.9
Saturn -0.3 . . . . 9.6 (6.0) 9.5 29.4
Uranus 5.5 . . . . 6.8 (4.2) 19.2 84
Neptune 7.6 7.97 . . . 5.4 (3.4) 30.1 164
Pluto 14 . . . . 4.7 (2.9) 39.5 249

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