Object Catalogue: Planets
| Name |
Symbol |
Diameter (km) |
Rotation period |
Polar inclination |
Earth masses |
Density |
Escape velocity |
Surface gravity |
Magnitude (opposition) |
Albedo |
| Sun |
 |
1392000 |
25.380 days |
7° 15' |
332946 |
1.409 |
617.5 km/sec |
27.9 |
-26.8 |
Luminous |
|---|
| Mercury |
 |
4880 |
58.65 days |
0° |
0.055 |
5.5 |
4.3 km/sec |
0.38 |
0 |
0.06 |
|---|
| Venus |
 |
12100 |
243.01 days (Retrograde) |
-2° |
0.815 |
5.25 |
10.36 km/sec |
0.9032 |
-4.4 |
0.76 |
|---|
| Earth |
 |
12756 |
23.9345 hours |
23.45° |
1 |
5.517 |
11.18 km/sec |
1 |
- |
0.36 |
|---|
| Moon |
 |
3476 |
27.322 days |
1° 21' |
0.0203 |
3.342 |
2.38 km/sec |
0.1653 |
-12.7 |
0.07 |
|---|
| Mars |
 |
6790 |
24.6229 hours |
23.98° |
0.1074 |
3.94 |
5.03 km/sec |
0.3799 |
-2 |
0.16 |
|---|
| Jupiter |
 |
142200 |
9.841 hours |
3.08° |
317.89 |
1.33 |
60.22 km/sec |
2.643 |
-2.6 |
0.73 |
|---|
| Saturn |
 |
119300 |
10.233 hours |
29° |
95.17 |
0.706 |
36.25 km/sec |
1.159 |
0.7 |
0.76 |
|---|
| Uranus |
 |
47100 |
15.5 hours (Retrograde) |
97.92° |
14.54 |
1.19 |
21.22 km/sec |
1.11 |
5.5 |
0.93 |
|---|
| Neptune |
 |
49500 |
15.8 hours |
28.8° |
17.23 |
1.66 |
23.6 km/sec |
1.12 |
7.8 |
0.84 |
|---|
| Pluto |
 |
2377 |
6.3872 hours |
122.53° |
0.00218 |
1.854 |
1.212 km/sec |
0.063 |
15.1 |
0.58 |
|---|
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