The Planets in Our Solar
System
|
Planet |
Distance
from the Sun |
Period
of Revolution Around the Sun |
Period
of Rotation |
Mass |
Diameter |
Apparent
size |
Temperature |
Number
of Moons |
|
Mercury |
0.39
AU, 36 million miles |
87.96
Earth days |
58.7
Earth days |
3.3
x 1023 |
3,031
miles |
5-13
arc seconds |
100-700
K |
0 |
|
Venus |
0.723
AU |
224.68
Earth days |
243
Earth days |
4.87
x 1024 |
7,521
miles |
10-64
arc seconds |
726
K |
0 |
|
Earth |
1
AU |
365.26
days |
24
hours |
5.98
x 1024 |
7,926
miles |
Not
Applicable |
260-310
K |
1 |
|
Mars |
1.524
AU |
686.98
Earth days |
24.6
Earth hours |
6.42
x 1023 |
4,222
miles |
4-25
arc seconds |
150-310
K |
2 |
|
Jupiter |
5.203
AU |
11.862
Earth years |
9.84
Earth hours |
1.90
x 1027 |
88,729
miles |
31-48
arc seconds |
120
K |
18
named (plus many smaller ones) |
|
Saturn |
9.539
AU |
29.456
Earth years |
10.2
Earth hours |
5.69
x 1026 |
74,600
miles |
15-21
arc seconds |
88
K |
18+ |
|
Uranus |
19.18
AU |
84.07
Earth years |
17.9
Earth hours |
8.68
x 1025 |
32,600
miles |
3-4
arc seconds |
59
K |
15 |
|
Neptune |
30.06
AU |
164.81
Earth years |
19.1
Earth hours |
1.02
x 1026 |
30,200
miles |
2.5
arc seconds |
48
K |
2 |
|
Pluto (a dwarf planet) |
39.53
AU |
247.7
years |
6.39
Earth days |
1.29
x 1022 |
1,413
miles |
0.04
arc seconds |
37
K |
1
large (plus 2 tiny) |
|
Planet |
Distance
from the Sun |
Period
of Revolution Around the Sun |
Period
of Rotation |
Mass |
Diameter |
Apparent
size |
Temperature |
Number
of Moons |