Table : TABLE 6-1 ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANETS

 

Average distance from the Sun

Sidereal Orbital period (Earth years)

Orbital eccentricity (e)

Orbital inclination

 

(AU)

(106 km)

106 mi

Mercury

   0.39

    58

    36

    0.24

0.206

7.01°

Venus

   0.72

  108

    67

    0.62

0.007

3.39°

Earth

   1.00

  150

    93

    1.00

0.017

0°     

Mars

   1.52

  228

  142

    1.88

0.093

1.85°

Jupiter

   5.20

  778

  483

  11.86

0.048

1.30°

Saturn

   9.54

1427

  887

  29.46

0.054

2.48°

Uranus

19.19

2871

1784

  84.01

0.047

0.77°

Neptune

30.06

4497

2794

164.79

0.009

1.77°