Formation of the Solar System
This is our chance to throw some real science into our project. The following table shows the actual distance, size, rotation, and orbit values for each of the planets. (Most of this data came from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/.)
|
Planet |
Distance from Sun (millions km) |
Radius size (km) |
Day length (Earth hours) |
Year length (Earth years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mercury |
57.9 |
2440 |
1408.8 |
0.24 |
|
Venus |
108.2 |
6052 |
5832 |
0.615 |
|
Earth |
147.1 |
6371 |
24 |
1.0 |
|
Earth's Moon |
0.363 (from Earth) |
1737 |
0 | |
|
Mars |
227.9 |
3390 |
24.6 |
2.379 |
|
Jupiter |
778.3 |
69911 |
9.84 |
11.862 |
|
Saturn |
1427.0 |
58232 |
10.2 |
29.456 |
|
Uranus |
2871.0 |
25362 |
17.9 |
84.07 |
|
Neptune |
4497 |
24622 |
19.1 |
164.81 |
|
Pluto (still counts) |
5913 |
1186 ... |
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