Table of planets and dwarf planets in the Solar System

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A table summarizing features of the planets and dwarf planets in the Solar System.

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Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Astronomical symbol Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Mean distance
from Sun		 km
AU		 57,909,175
0.38709893		 108,208,930
0.72333199		 149,597,870
1		 227,936,640
1.52366231		 778,412,010
5.20336301		 1,426,725,400
9.53707032		 2,870,972,200
19.19126393		 4,498,252,900
30.06896348
Mean radius km
:E[1]		 2,439.64
0.3825		 6,051.59
0.9488		 6,378.15
1		 3,397.00
0.53226		 71,492.68
11.209		 60,267.14
9.449		 25,557.25
4.007		 24,766.36
3.883
Surface area km²
:E[1]		 75,000,000
0.1471		 460,000,000
0.9010		 510,000,000
1		 140,000,000
0.2745		 64,000,000,000
125.5		 44,000,000,000
86.27		 8,100,000,000
15.88		 7,700,000,000
15.10
Volume km3
:E[1]		 6.083×1010
0.056		 9.28×1011
0.87		 1.083×1012
1		 1.6318×1011
0.151		 1.431×1015
1,321.3		 8.27×1014
763.59		 6.834×1013
63.086		 6.254×1013
57.74
Mass kg
:E[1]		 3.302×1023
0.055		 4.8690×1024
0.815		 5.9742×1024
1		 6.4191×1023
0.107		 1.8987×1027
318		 5.6851×1026
95		 8.6849×1025
14		 1.0244×1026
17
Density g/cm3 5.43 5.24 5.515 3.940 1.33 0.70 1.30 1.76
Equatorial gravity m/s2 3.70 8.87 9.81 3.71 23.12 8.96 8.69 11.00
Escape velocity km/s 4.25 10.36 11.18 5.02 59.54 35.49 21.29 23.71
Rotation period days[2] 58.646225 -243.0187[3] 0.99726968 1.02595675 0.41354 0.44401 -0.71833[3] 0.67125
Orbital period years[2] 0.2408467 0.61519726 1.0000174 1.8808476 11.862615 29.447498 84.016846 164.79132
Mean orbital speed km/s 47.8725 35.0214 29.7859 24.1309 13.0697 9.6724 6.8352 5.4778
Eccentricity 0.20563069 0.00677323 0.01671022 0.09341233 0.04839266 0.05415060 0.04716771 0.00858587
Inclination deg. 7.00487 3.39471 0.00005 1.85061 1.30530 2.48446 0.76986 1.76917
Axial tilt[4] deg. 0.0 177.3 23.45 25.19 3.12 26.73 97.86 29.58
Mean surface temp. K 440 730 288-293 186-268 152
Mean air temp.[5] K 288 165 135 76 73
Atmospheric composition He  Na+  P+  CO2  N2 N2  O2 CO2  N2  Ar H2  He H2  He H2  He  CH4 H2  He  CH4
Number of moons 0 0 1 2 63 57 27 13
Rings? No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Planetary discriminant[6] 9.1×104 1.35×106 1.7×106 1.8×105 6.25×105 1.9×105 2.9×104 2.4×104

Ceres [7] Pluto [7] Eris [7]
Astronomical symbol Ceres Pluto
Mean distance
from Sun		 km
AU		 413,715,000
2.766		 5,906,376,200
39.48168677		 10,210 million 
67.6681
Mean radius km
:E[1]		 471
0.0738		 1,148.07
0.180		 1,200
0.19
Volume km3
:E[1]		 2,800,000
0.0055		 17,000,000
0.0333		 18,000,000
0.0353
Surface area km²
:E[1]		  ?×108
0.00042		 7.15×109
0.0066		  ?×109
0.007
Mass kg
:E[1]		 9.5×1020
0.00016		 1.3×1022
0.0022		 1.7×1022
0.0028
Density g/cm3 2.08 2.0
Equatorial gravity m/s2 0.27 0.60
Escape velocity km/s 0.51 1.2
Rotation period days[2] 0.3781 -6.38718[3]
Orbital period years[2] 4.599 247.92065 557
Mean orbital speed km/s 17.882 4.7490 3.436
Eccentricity 0.080 0.24880766 0.44177
Inclination deg. 10.587 17.14175 44.187
Axial tilt[4] deg. 4 119.61
Mean surface temp. K 167 40 30
Mean air temp.[5] K
Atmospheric composition CH4
Number of moons 0 3 1
Rings? No No No
Planetary discriminant[6] 0.33 7.7×10−2 0.10

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h relative to Earth.
  2. ^ a b c d sidereal.
  3. ^ a b c retrograde orbit.
  4. ^ a b The inclination of the body's equator from its orbit.
  5. ^ a b At sea level.
  6. ^ a b Used to distinguish between planet and dwarf planet.
  7. ^ a b c Names in italics indicate dwarf planets. For more information about the 2006 reclassification of Pluto, Ceres and Eris as dwarf planets, see 2006 redefinition of planet.


 v • d • e The Solar System
The Sun Mercury Venus The Moon Earth Phobos and Deimos Mars Ceres The asteroid belt Jupiter Moons of Jupiter Saturn Moons of Saturn Uranus Moons of Uranus Moons of Neptune Neptune Moons of Pluto Pluto The Kuiper Belt Dysnomia Eris The Scattered Disc The Oort Cloud
The Sun · Mercury · Venus · Earth · Mars · Ceres · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto · Eris
Planets · Dwarf planets · Moons: Terrestrial · Martian · Jovian · Saturnian · Uranian · Neptunian · Plutonian · Eridian
Small bodies:   Meteoroids · Asteroids/Asteroid moons (Asteroid belt) · Centaurs · TNOs (Kuiper belt/Scattered disc) · Comets (Oort cloud)
See also astronomical objects, the solar system's list of objects, sorted by radius or mass, and the Solar System Portal
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