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Module 4: The Planets

Data Table and Pronounciations

Data:

	Mean Distance from the Sun		Apparent Solar Magnitude	Orbital Period	Rotational Period (Equatorial)
	km (in millions)	AU		Years	Days
Sun	-	-	-	-	~ 25
Mercury	57.9	0.387	-30	0.2408	58.646
Venus	108.2	0.723	-29	0.6152	243.019
Earth	149.6	1.000	-28	1.0000	0.9973
Moon	-	-	-	-	27.3217
Mars	227.9	1.524	-27	1.8818	1.0260
Ceres	418.8	2.8	-	4.7	0.38
Jupiter	778.3	5.203	-24.4	11.86	0.4101
Saturn	1429.4	9.555	-23.2	29.42	0.4440
Uranus	2875	19.218	-21.5	83.75	0.7183
Neptune	4504.4	30.110	-20.6	163.73	0.6712

 

	Equatorial Diameter		Mass		Density	Satellites
	km	Earth =1	kg	Earth = 1	g/cm^3
Sun	1,392,000	109.125	1.989E+30	332,946	1.41	-
Mercury	4,879	0.382	3.302E+23	0.055274	5.24	0
Venus	12,104	0.949	4.869E+24	0.815005	5.52	0
Earth	12,756	1.000	5.974E+24	1.000000	3.34	1
Moon	3,475	0.272	7.348E+22	0.0123	5.43	-
Mars	6,794	0.533	6.419E+23	0.107447	3.94	2
Ceres	930	0.073	8.961E+20	0.00015	2.7	-
Jupiter	142,980	11.209	1.899E+27	317.833	1.33	28
Saturn	120,540	9.450	5.685E+26	95.159	0.70	30
Uranus	51,120	4.008	8.662E+25	14.500	1.30	21
Neptune	49,530	3.883	1.028E+26	17.204	1.76	15

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