Planets

Here is a table on each of the 8 planets. Click on each planet name to read more information on each planet.

Type of Planet Planet Name Nickname Where did name come from? Density Volume Mass Distance from Sun Radius Oribital Period(Earth Days) Length of a Day(Earth Days) Surface Area Moons Rings
Terrestrial Planets Mercury The Swift Planet Messenger for their gods 5.43 g/cm3 14.6 billion miles3 3.285 × 1023 kg 34.195 million mi 1,516 mi 88 days 58d 15h 30m 28.88 million mi2 0 ✘
Venus The Evening Star Roman goddess of love and beauty 5.24 g/cm3 9.38 x 1011 km3 4.867 × 1024 kg 67.24 million mi 3,760.4 mi 225 days 116d 18h 0m 177.7 million mi2
Earth The Blue Planet English/German name which simply means the ground 5.51 g/cm3 1.08321 x 1012 km3 5.972 × 1024 kg 92.96 million mi 3,958.8 mi 365 days 24 hours 196.9 million mi2 1
Mars The Red Planet Romans for their god of war 3.93 g/cm3 1.6318 x 1011 km3 6.39 × 1023 kg 141.6 million mi 2,106.1 mi. 687 days 1d 0h 37m 55.91 million mi2 2
Gas Giants Jupiter The Gas Giant King of the Roman gods 1.33 g/cm3 1.43128 x 1015 km3 1.898 × 1027 kg 465.43 million mi 43,441 mi 12 years 0d 9h 56m 23.71 billion mi2 79 ✓
Saturn The Ringed Planet Roman god of agriculture and wealth 687 kg/m3 8.2713×1014 km3 5.683 × 1026 kg 921.57 million mi 36,184 mi 29 years 0d 10h 42m 16.49 billion mi2 82
Uranus The Bulls-Eye Planet Greek god of the sky 1.27 g/cm3 6.83x1013 km3 8.681 ×1025 kg 1.8336 billion mi 15,759 mi 84 years 0d 17h 14m 3.121 billion mi2 27
Neptune The Big Blue Planet Roman god of the sea 1.64 g/cm3 6.254 x 1013 km3 1.024×1026 kg 2.7806 billion mi 15,299 mi 165 years 0d 16h 6m 2.941 billion mi2 14
Dwarf Planet Pluto Ice Planet Roman god of the underworld 1.88 g/cm3 0.702 x 1010 km3 0.01303×1024 kg 5.9 billion mi 738.38 mi 248 years 6.4 16.7 million km2 5 ✘

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