Solar System Data
|
Planet
|
Distance
from Sun
|
Revolution Period
|
Rotation
Period
|
Diameter
(kilometers)
|
Density
(g/cm3)
|
Volume
Earth =1
|
Mass
Earth =1
|
Satellites
|
|
Mercury
|
0.39A.U.
|
88 days
|
59 days
|
4,880
|
5.4
|
0.06
|
0.055
|
-
|
|
Venus
|
0.72
|
224.7 days
|
234 days
|
12,104
|
5.2
|
0.88
|
0.815
|
-
|
|
Earth
|
1.0
|
365.3 days
|
24 hours
|
12,786
|
5.5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Mars
|
1.52
|
687 days
|
25 hours
|
6,794
|
3.9
|
0.15
|
0.107
|
2
|
|
Jupiter
|
5.2
|
11.86 years
|
10 hours
|
142,800
|
1.3
|
1316
|
318
|
16
|
|
Saturn
|
9.54
|
20.46 years
|
10 hours
|
120,000
|
0.7
|
755
|
95.2
|
17
|
|
Uranus
|
19.18
|
84.01 years
|
17 hours
|
50,800
|
1.3
|
67
|
14.6
|
15
|
|
Neptune
|
30.06
|
164.8 years
|
18 hours
|
48,600
|
1.7
|
57
|
17.2
|
2
|
|
Pluto
|
39.44
|
247.7 years
|
6 days
|
3000
|
1.3
|
0.1
|
0.002
|
1
|
20 Brightest Stars
* = VARIABLE
|
Common Name
|
Star
|
m (apparent)
|
M (absolute)
|
Type(s)
|
|
Sirius
|
a CMa
|
-1.46
|
1.4
|
AO
|
|
Canopus
|
a Car
|
-0.72
|
-2.5
|
FO
|
|
Rigel Kentaurus
|
a Cen
|
-0.27
|
4.1
|
G0, K5
|
|
Arcturus
|
a Boo
|
-0.04
|
0.2
|
KO
|
|
Vega
|
a Lyr
|
0.03
|
0.6
|
A0
|
|
Capella
|
a Aur
|
0.08
|
0.4
|
G0
|
|
Rigel
|
b Ori
|
0.12
|
-8.1
|
B8
|
|
Procyon
|
a CMi
|
0.38
|
2.6
|
F5
|
|
Achernar
|
a Eri
|
0.46
|
-1.3
|
B5
|
|
Betelguese
|
a Ori
|
0.50*
|
-5.7
|
M0
|
|
Hadar
|
b Cen
|
0.61*
|
-4.4
|
B1
|
|
Altair
|
a Aql
|
0.77
|
2.3
|
A5
|
|
Aldebaran
|
a Tau
|
0.85*
|
-0.3
|
K5
|
|
Acrux
|
a Cru
|
0.76
|
-4.6
|
B1, B1
|
|
Antares
|
a Sco
|
0.96*
|
-5.2
|
M0, A3
|
|
Spica
|
a Vir
|
0.98*
|
-3.2
|
B2
|
|
Fomalhaut
|
a PsA
|
1.16
|
2.0
|
A3
|
|
Pollux
|
b Gem
|
1.14
|
0.7
|
K0
|
|
Deneb
|
a Cyg
|
1.25
|
-7.2
|
A2
|
|
Becrux
|
b Cru
|
1.25*
|
-4.7
|
B1
|
Greek Alphabet for Stargazers
| a alpha |
i iota
|
r rho |
|
b beta
|
k kappa
|
s
sigma
|
|
g gamma
|
l lamda
|
t tau
|
|
d delta
|
m
mu
|
u
upsilon
|
|
e epsilon
|
n nu
|
f
phi
|
|
z zeta
|
x
xi
|
c
chi
|
|
h
eta
|
o xi
|
y
psi
|
|
q
theta
|
p
pi
|
w omega
|