All About Space

The eight major planets

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Mercury

Diameter: 4,879 kilometres (3,032 miles)

Mass:

0.055 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 46 to 69.8 million kilometres (28.6 to 43.4 million miles)

Orbital period: 88 days

Rotation period:

58.65 days

Axial tilt:

0.03 degrees

Satellites: Zero

Venus

Diameter: 12,104 kilometres (7,521 miles)

Mass:

0.815 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 107.5 to 108.9 million kilometres (66.8 to 67.7 million miles)

Orbital period: 224.7 days

Rotation period:

243.02 days

Axial tilt: 177.36 degrees

Satellites: Zero

Earth

Diameter: 12,742 kilometres (7,918 miles)

Mass: 5.97 billion trillion tonnes

Distance from the Sun: 147.1 to 152.1 million kilometres

(91.4 to 94.5 million miles)

Orbital period: 365.256 days

Rotation period: 23 hours and 56 minutes

Axial tilt:

23.44 degrees

Satellites: One

Mars

Diameter: 6,779 kilometres (4,212 miles)

Mass:

0.107 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 206.7 to 249.2 million kilometres (128.4 to 154.8 million miles)

Orbital period: 686.98 days

Rotation period: 24 hours and 37 minutes

Axial tilt:

25.19 degrees

Satellites: Two

Jupiter

Diameter:

139,822 kilometres (86,881 miles)

Mass:

317.8 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 740.5 to 816.6 million kilometres

(460 to 506.4 million miles)

Orbital period:

11.86 years

Rotation period: 9 hours and 55 minutes

Axial tilt:

3.13 degrees

Known satellites: 79

Saturn

Diameter:

116,464 kilometres (72,367 miles)

Mass:

95.2 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 1.35 to 1.51 billion kilometres (838 to 938 million miles)

Orbital period:

29.46 years

Rotation period: 10 hours and 34 minutes

Axial tilt:

26.73 degrees

Known satellites: 82

Uranus

Diameter:

50,724 kilometres (31,518 miles)

Mass:

14.5 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 2.74 to 3.01 billion kilometres

(1.7 to 1.87 billion miles)

Orbital period:

84.02 years

Rotation period: 17 hours and 14 minutes

Axial tilt:

97.77 degrees

Known satellites: 27

Neptune

Diameter:

49,244 kilometres (30,598 miles)

Mass:

17.1 Earths

Distance from the Sun: 4.44 to 4.54 billion kilometres (2.76 to 2.82 billion miles)

Orbital period:

164.8 years

Rotation period: 16 hours and 7 minutes

Axial tilt:

28.32 degrees

Known satellites: 14

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Diameter of photospher­e: 1.39 million kilometres (863,706 miles)
Mass: Around 330,000 Earths
Rotation period: 25 days at equator, 34.4 days at the poles Scan here for AR models
Sun Diameter of photospher­e: 1.39 million kilometres (863,706 miles) Mass: Around 330,000 Earths Rotation period: 25 days at equator, 34.4 days at the poles Scan here for AR models
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