Planetary Fact Sheet - U.S.

Units

MERCURY VENUS EARTH MOON MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO
Mass
0.364 5.37 6.58 0.081 0.708 2093 627 95.7 113 0.0161
(1021tons)
Diameter
3032 7521 7926 2159 4221 88,846 74,897 31,763 30,775 1464
(miles)
Density
339 327 344 209 246 83 43 79 102 131
(lbs/ft3)

Gravity (ft/s2) 12.1 29.1 32.1 5.3 12.1 75.9 29.4 28.5 36.0 2.3
Escape
Velocity 2.7 6.4 7.0 1.5 3.1 37.0 22.1 13.2 14.6 0.8
(miles/s)
Rotation
1407.6 -5832.5 23.9 655.7 24.6 9.9 10.7 -17.2 16.1 -153.3
Period (hours)
Length of Day
4222.6 2802.0 24.0 708.7 24.7 9.9 10.7 17.2 16.1 153.3
(hours)
Distance from
Sun (106 36.0 67.2 93.0 0.239* 141.6 483.8 890.8 1784.8 2793.1 3670.0
miles)
Perihelion
28.6 66.8 91.4 0.226* 128.4 460.1 840.4 1703.4 2761.6 2756.9
(106 miles)

Aphelion (106 43.4 67.7 94.5 0.252* 154.9 507.4 941.1 1866.4 2824.5 4583.2
miles)
Orbital Period
88.0 224.7 365.2 27.3 687.0 4331 10,747 30,589 59,800 90,560
(days)
Orbital
Velocity 29.4 21.8 18.5 0.64 15.0 8.1 6.0 4.2 3.4 2.9
(miles/s)
Orbital
Inclination 7.0 3.4 0.0 5.1 1.9 1.3 2.5 0.8 1.8 17.2
(degrees)
Orbital
0.205 0.007 0.017 0.055 0.094 0.049 0.057 0.046 0.011 0.244
Eccentricity
Obliquity to
Orbit 0.034 177.4 23.4 6.7 25.2 3.1 26.7 97.8 28.3 122.5
(degrees)
Mean
Temperature 333 867 59 -4 -85 -166 -220 -320 -330 -375
(F)
Surface
Pressure 0 91 1 0 0.01 Unknown* Unknown* Unknown* Unknown* 0.00001
(atmospheres)
Number of
0 0 1 0 2 67 62 27 14 5
Moons
Ring System? No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Global
Magnetic Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown
Field?
MERCURY VENUS EARTH MOON MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO

* - See the Fact Sheet Notes.

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Last Updated: 07 June 2017, DRW