Facts About the Solar
System
| The
Planets |
| Name |
Ave.
Dist. from Sun
(millions of miles) |
Diameter
(miles) |
Length
of Year
(in Earth time) |
Length
of Day
(in Earth time) |
No. of
Moons |
Your
Weight on Planet
(multiply by...) |
| Mercury |
36.0 |
3,010 |
88.0 days |
59 days |
0 |
0.36 |
| Venus |
67.2 |
7,610 |
224.7 days |
243 days |
0 |
0.87 |
| Earth |
92.9 |
7,918 |
365.26 days |
23 hrs 56 min 4
sec |
1 |
1.00 |
| Mars |
141.5 |
4,140 |
687 days |
24 hrs 37 min 23
sec |
2 |
0.38 |
| Jupiter |
483.4 |
86,900 |
11.86 years |
9 hrs 50 min 30
sec |
12 |
2.64 |
| Saturn |
886.0 |
71,500 |
29.46 years |
10 hrs 14 min |
10 |
1.13 |
| Uranus |
1,782.0 |
29,500 |
84.01 years |
10 hrs 49 min |
5 |
1.07 |
| Neptune |
2,792.0 |
26,800 |
164.8 years |
14 hrs (?) |
2 |
1.41 |
| Pluto1 |
3,664 |
3,500 |
247.7 years |
6.39 days (?) |
? |
? |
1As of September 2006, Pluto
has been officially designated as a minor planet.
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