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Solar System
Solar System
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Sun's Statistics       
Mercury
Mercury's Statistics     
Venus
Venus' Statistics      
Earth   
Earth's Statistics        
Mars
Mars' Statistics       
Asteroid Field
Asteroid Field's Statistics 
Jupiter
Jupiter's Statistics       
Saturn
Saturn's Statistics       
Uranus
Uranus' Statistics       
Neptun
Neptun's Statistics      
Pluto
Pluto's Statistics       
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The following table lists statistical information for the Sun and planets:

  Distance
(AU) 		Radius
(Earth's) 		Mass
(Earth's) 		Rotation
(Earth's) 		# Moons Orbital
Inclination 		Orbital
Eccentricity 		Density
(g/cm3)
Sun 0 109 332,800 25-36* 9 --- --- 1.410
Mercury 0.39 0.38 0.05 58.8 0 7 0.2056 5.43
Venus 0.72 0.95 0.89 244 0 3.394 0.0068 5.25
Earth 1.0 1.00 1.00 1.00 1 0.000 0.0167 5.52
Mars 1.5 0.53 0.11 1.029 2 1.850 0.0934 3.95
Jupiter 5.2 11 318 0.411 16 1.308 0.0483 1.33
Saturn 9.5 9 95 0.428 18 2.488 0.0560 0.69
Uranus 19.2 4 15 0.748 15 0.774 0.0461 1.29
Neptune 30.1 4 17 0.802 8 1.774 0.0097 1.64
Pluto 39.5 0.18 0.002 0.267 1 17.15 0.2482 2.03

* The Sun's period of rotation at the surface varies from approximately 25 days at the equator to 36 days at the poles. Deep down, below the convective zone, everything appears to rotate with a period of 27 days.

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