Property |
Mercury |
Venus |
Earth |
Mars |
Jupiter |
Saturn |
Uranus |
Neptune |
Pluto |
Average distance from the sun (km) |
5.791 × 107 |
1.082 × 108 |
1.496 × 108 |
2.279 × 108 |
7.786 × 108 |
1.434 × 109 |
2.872 × 109 |
4.495 × 109 |
5.869 × 109 |
Inclination to ecliptic |
7° |
3.4° |
0° |
1.8° |
1.3° |
2.5° |
0.8° |
1.8° |
17.1° |
Revolution period(in Earth years) |
0.24 |
0.62 |
1.00 |
1.88 |
11.86 |
29.46 |
84.02 |
164.8 |
247.9 |
Rotation period(in Earth days, hours,minutes, seconds) |
58 days, 15 hr, 31 min |
243 days, 27 min |
23 hr, 56 min, 4 sec |
24 hr, 37 min, 23 sec |
9 hr, 55 min, 27 sec |
10 hr, 39 min, 22 sec |
17 hr, 14 min |
16 hr, 7 min |
6 days, 9 hr, 17 min |
Mass (Earth = 1) |
0.05 |
0.82 |
1.00 |
0.11 |
317.9 |
95.2 |
14.6 |
17.2 |
0.002 |
Diameter (km) |
4,880 |
12,104 |
12,756 |
6,787 |
142,796 |
120,660 |
52,400 |
50,450 |
2,350 |
Density (g/cm3) |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.5 |
3.9 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
Atmosphere (major components) |
None |
CO2 |
N2, O2 |
CO2 |
H2, He |
H2, He |
H2, He, CH4 |
H2, He, CH4 |
CH4 |
Color |
Silver |
White |
Blue-white |
Red |
Yellow |
Yellow |
Green |
Blue |
Yellow |