The Solar System

Sun:

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields.

• Distance to Earth: 149,600,000 km• Surface temperature: 5,778 K• Mass: 1.989E30 kg • Magnitude: -26.74• Radius: 695,800 km (1 R )☉• Orbits: Galactic Center

Mercury:

Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System, with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days

• Radius: 2,440 km• Distance from Sun: 57,910,000 km• Mass: 328.5E21 kg (0.055 Earth mass)• Surface area: 74,800,000 km²• Orbital period: 88 days• Length of day: 58d 15h 30m

Venus:

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has no natural satellite. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

Surface area: 460,234,317 km²Radius: 6,052 kmLength of day: 116d 18h 0mMass: 4.867E24 kg (0.815 Earth mass)Distance from Sun: 108,200,000 kmOrbital period: 225 days

Mercury:

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury.

Gravity: 3.711 m/s²Radius: 3,390 kmMass: 639E21 kg (0.107 Earth mass)Surface area: 144,798,500 km²Orbital period: 687 daysMoons: Phobos, Deimos

Jupiter: Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet

in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth of that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined.

Radius: 69,911 km Surface area: 61,418,738,571 km² Mass: 1.898E27 kg (317.8 Earth mass) Gravity: 24.79 m/s² Distance from Sun: 778,500,000 km Moons: Europa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Adrastea,

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Saturn:

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Named after the Roman god of agriculture, its astronomical symbol represents the god's sickle.

• Radius: 58,232 km• Surface area: 42,700,000,000 km²• Mass: 568.3E24 kg (95.16 Earth mass)• Distance from Sun: 1,433,000,000 km• Orbital period: 29 years• Moons: Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Dione, Rhea, Tethys, Iapet

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Uranus:

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.

• Radius: 25,362 km• Surface area: 8,083,079,690 km²• Mass: 86.81E24 kg (14.54 Earth mass)• Orbital period: 84 years• Distance from Sun: 2,877,000,000 km• Moons: Miranda, Titania, Oberon, Ariel, Umbriel, Puck,

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Neptune: Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in

the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Among the gaseous planets in the Solar System, Neptune is the most dense.

• Radius: 24,622 km• Surface area: 7,618,272,763 km²• Mass: 102.4E24 kg (17.15 Earth mass)• Orbital period: 165 years• Distance from Sun: 4,503,000,000 km• Moons: Triton, Nereid, Proteus, Naiad, Thalassa, Galatea, La

rissa,Despina, Psamathe, Neso, Sao, Laomedeia, Halimede