Table : APPENDIX D THE PLANETS: PHYSICAL DATA

Planet

Equatorial diameter

Mass

Mean density (kg/m3)

Rotation period* (days)

Inclination of equator to orbit (*)

Surface gravity (Earth = 1)

Albedo

Escape speed (km/s)

(km)

(Earth = 1)

(kg)

(Earth = 1)

Mercury

    4,879

0.383

3.302 × 1023

    0.055

5427

  58.646

173.4

0.38  

 0.106

  4.3

Venus

  12,104

0.949

4.869 × 1024

    0.815

5243

243.02R

177.4

0.91  

0.65 

10.4

Earth

  12,756

1.000

5.974 × 1024

    1.000

5515

   0.996

    23.45

1.000

0.37 

11.2

Mars

    6,794

0.533

6.419 × 1023

    0.107

3933

   1.025

    25.19

0.38 

0.15 

  5.0

Jupiter

142,984

11.209  

1.899 × 1027

317.83  

1326

   0.413

      3.13

2.5   

0.52 

59.5

Saturn

120,536

9.449

5.685 × 1026

95.16

  687

   0.445

    26.73

1.1   

0.47 

35.5

Uranus

  51,118

4.007

8.683 × 1025

14.54

1270

    0.717R

    97.77

0.91 

0.51 

21.3

Neptune

  49,528

3.883

1.024 × 1026

17.147

1638

  0.671

    28.32

1.1   

0.4   

23.5