| 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) |
Temperature (Average) |
Number of Moons |
| Mercury | 57.9 million km |
87.96 Earth days | 58.7 Earth days | 3.3 x 1023 | 4,878 km |
452 K |
0 |
| Venus | 108.2 million km |
224.68 Earth days | 243 Earth days | 4.87 x 1024 | 12,104 km |
726 K | 0 |
| Earth | 149.6 million km |
365.26 days | 24 hours | 5.98 x 1024 | 12,756 km |
285 K | 1 |
| Mars | 227.9 million km |
686.98 Earth days | 24.6 Earth hours | 6.42 x 1023 | 6,787 km |
230 K | 2 |
| Jupiter | 778.3 million km |
11.862 Earth years | 9.84 Earth hours | 1.90 x 1027 | 142,796 km |
120 K | More than 18 |
| Saturn | 1,427.0 million km |
29.456 Earth years | 10.2 Earth hours | 5.69 x 1026 | 120,660 km |
88 K | More than 18 |
| Uranus | 2,871.0 million km |
84.07 Earth years | 17.9 Earth hours | 8.68 x 1025 | 51,118 km |
59 K | 15 |
| Neptune | 4,497.1 million km |
164.81 Earth years | 19.1 Earth hours | 1.02 x 1026 | 48,600 km |
48 K | 2 |
| Pluto(a dwarf planet) | 5,913 million km |
247.7 years | 6.39 Earth days | 1.29 x 1022 | 2,274 km |
37 K | 3 |
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