Planet (or Dwarf Planet) Distance from the Sun
(Astronomical Units
miles
km)
Period of Revolution Around the Sun
(1 planetary year)
Period of Rotation
(1 planetary day)
Mass
(kg)
Diameter
(miles
km)
Apparent size
from Earth
Temperature
(K
Range or Average)
Number of Moons
Mercury 0.39 AU, 36 million miles
57.9 million km
87.96 Earth days 58.7 Earth days 3.3 x 1023 3,031 miles
4,878 km
5-13 arc seconds 100-700 K
mean=452 K
0
Venus 0.723 AU
67.2 million miles
108.2 million km
224.68 Earth days 243 Earth days 4.87 x 1024 7,521 miles
12,104 km
10-64 arc seconds 726 K 0
Earth 1 AU
93 million miles
149.6 million km
365.26 days 24 hours 5.98 x 1024 7,926 miles
12,756 km
Not Applicable 260-310 K 1
Mars 1.524 AU
141.6 million miles
227.9 million km
686.98 Earth days 24.6 Earth hours
=1.026 Earth days
6.42 x 1023 4,222 miles
6,787 km
4-25 arc seconds 150-310 K 2
Jupiter 5.203 AU
483.6 million miles
778.3 million km
11.862 Earth years 9.84 Earth hours 1.90 x 1027 88,729 miles
142,796 km
31-48 arc seconds 120 K
(cloud tops)
67 (18 named plus many smaller ones)
Saturn 9.539 AU
886.7 million miles
1,427.0 million km
29.456 Earth years 10.2 Earth hours 5.69 x 1026 74,600 miles
120,660 km
15-21 arc seconds
excluding rings
88 K 62 (30 unnamed)
Uranus 19.18 AU
1,784.0 million miles
2,871.0 million km
84.07 Earth years 17.9 Earth hours 8.68 x 1025 32,600 miles
51,118 km
3-4 arc seconds 59 K 27 (6 unnamed)
Neptune 30.06 AU
2,794.4 million miles
4,497.1 million km
164.81 Earth years 19.1 Earth hours 1.02 x 1026 30,200 miles
48,600 km
2.5 arc seconds 48 K 13
Pluto (a dwarf planet) 39.53 AU
3,674.5 million miles
5,913 million km
247.7 years 6.39 Earth days 1.29 x 1022 1,413 miles
2,274 km
0.04 arc seconds 37 K 4
Planet (or Dwarf Planet) Distance from the Sun
(Astronomical Units
miles
km)
Period of Revolution Around the Sun
(1 planetary year)
Period of Rotation
(1 planetary day)
Mass
(kg)
Diameter
(miles
km)
Apparent size
from Earth
Temperature
(K
Range or Average)
Number of Moons