Solar System - Planet Guide

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Solar System - Planet Guide

This chart of the solar system lists the planets, along with planet data, using English Standard measurement units (miles and degrees Fahrenheit).

. The Solar System - English Units of Measurement
		Distance from Sun Miles - A.U.		Mass (earth=1)	Diameter (miles)	Den- sity (earth=1)	Gravity (earth=1)	Period of Revol- ution (Year)	Period of Rotation (Day)	Orbital Inclin- ation	Orbital Eccen- tricity	Tilt of Axis	Surface Temp (°F)	Visual Magni- tude	Number of Known Moons
	Sun	na	na	?	864,000	1.4	?	na	30 days	-	-	?	10,500°	-28	na
1	Mercury	36M	0.39	0.06	3,000	5.4	0.38	88 d	59 d	7°	0.21	0	32 to 800°	-1	0
2	Venus	67M	0.72	0.82	7,500	5.2	0.91	225 d	243 d	3.4°	0.007	177°	800°	-4	0
3	Earth	93M	1	1	7,926	1	1	365.24 d	23h, 56m	0°	0.02	23°	-90 to 130°	na	1
4	Mars	142M	1.5	0.11	4,200	3.9	0.038	687 d	25 h	1.8°	0.09	25°	-100 to 80°	0	12
	Asteroid Belt	300M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Jupiter	484M	5.2	318	88,700	1.33	2.54	12 y	10 h	3°	0.05	3°	-190°	-3	28
6	Saturn	887M	9.5	95	75,000	0.7	1.08	29 y	11 h	2.5°	0.06	27°	-270°	0	30
7	Uranus	1,783M	19	15	31,800	1.3	0.91	84 y	17 h	0.8°	0.05	98°	-360°	6	21
8	Neptune	2,793M	30	17	30,200	1.76	1.19	165 y	16 h	1.8°	0.009	30°	-350°	8	8
9	Pluto	3,666M	39	0.003	1,430	1.1	0.05	248 y	6.4 d	17°	0.25	94°	-378°	16	3
													Total moons =		103
20	850 -80	60	50	50	60	50	50	60	60	40	50	40	80	50	50
		The earth is approximately 106 sun diameters away from the sun. Although the sun is 93 million miles away from the earth, it is 864 thousand miles in diameter.

DISCLAIMER
I could not find a solar system table like the one above. So, I made this chart, to help myself understand the relationships between the planets, in terms of familiar (old school) units.
Some of the data above is changing, as more accurate measurements are being made.

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers Solar System Chart web page was updated on 2009-09-21.