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Our Planets

Although the planets in our solar system are our  closest neighbors, we still are learning new things about them.

Our Planets
Name Dia Mass Vol Gravity Min Temp Max Temp Day Length
Tilt
Length of Year (years) Inc Distance (AU) Density Moons *

Mercury

3031 0.05 0.06 0.28 -290 810 58.65 0.00 0.16 7.00 0.38 5.43 0

Venus

7520 0.82 0.86 0.87 858 858 243.01 177.34 0.66 3.40 0.72 5.25 0

Earth

7928 1.00 1.00 1.00 -129 136 1.00 23.50 1.00 0.00 1.00 5.52 1

Mars

4217 0.10 0.15 0.37 -189 63 1.02 25.19 1.88 1.85 1.52 3.95 2

Jupiter

88846 317.83 1323.00 2.40 -192 63 0.41 3.12 11.86 1.31 5.20 1.33 61

Saturn

74898 95.18 752.00 0.92 -285 -285 0.42 26.73 29.46 2.49 9.55 0.69 31

Uranus

31763 14.33 64.00 0.79 -357 -357 0.74 97.86 84.01 0.77 19.21 1.29 27

Neptune

30775 17.13 54.00 1.12 -360 -360 0.80 29.60 164.79 1.77 30.10 1.64 13

Pluto

1430 0.002 0.01 0.04 -380 -380 6.38 122.46 248.58 17.14 39.43 2.03 1


* Astronomers are still discovering more 'moons', especially around the outer most planets.