Table : TABLE 6-2 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANETS

 

Diameter

Mass

Average density

 

(mi)

(km)

(Earth = 1)

(lb)*

(kg)

(Earth = 1)

(lb/yd3)

(kg/m3)

Mercury

   3031

    4878

  0.38

  7.3 × 1023

3.3 × 1023

    0.06

9150

5430

Venus

   7519

  12,100

  0.95

10.8 × 1024

4.9 × 1024

    0.81

8850

5250

Earth

   7926

  12,756

  1.00

13.2 × 1024

6.0 × 1024

    1.00

9300

5520

Mars

   4216

    6786

  0.53

14.1 × 1023

6.4 × 1023

    0.11

6660

3950

Jupiter

88,846

142,984

11.21

  4.2 × 1027

1.9 × 1027

317.94

2240

1330

Saturn

74,898

120,536

  9.45

12.6 × 1026

5.7 × 1026

  95.18

1160

690

Uranus

31,763

  51,118

  4.01

19.2 × 1025

8.7 × 1025

  14.53

2170

1290

Neptune

30,775

  49,528

  3.88

  2.2 × 1026

1.0 × 1026

  17.14

2760

1640