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Solar System

 

Sun

diameter:
1 392 700 km

temperature at the center:
15 000 000 ° Celsius

temperature at surface:
5800 ° Celsius

time for one rotation:
at the equator about 25 days

proper motion:
with about 20 km/sec. in direction to constellation Herkules
 
 
 

Mercury

diameter:
4840 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
57 900 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
88 days

time for one rotation:
59 days

surface temperature:
-200 to +350 ° Celsius
 
 
 
 

Venus

diameter:
12 200 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
108 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
225 days

time for one rotation:
243 days

surface temperature:
about 460 ° Celsius
 
 
 
 

Earth


diameter: 12 757 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
150 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
365 days, 5 hours,
48 minutes, 46 seconds

time for one rotation:
24 hours

surface temperature:
-50 to +50 ° Celsius

temperature at the center:
7000 ° Celsius

satellites:
Moon
 
 
 
 

Mars


diameter:
6787 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
228 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
687 days

time for one rotation:
24 hours, 37 minutes

surface temperature:
-100 to +30 ° Celsius

satellites:
Phobos and Deimos
 
 
 
 

Jupiter


diameter:
142 870 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
778 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
12 years

time for one rotation:
9 hours, 50 minutes

surface temperature:
-130 ° Celsius

satellites:
16 + ring system
 
 
 

Saturn


diameter: 120 670 km

Mittlerer Sonnenabstand:
1 427 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
29,5 years

time for one rotation:
10 hours, 14 minutes

surface temperature:

satellites:
23 + ring system
 
 
 

Uranus


diameter:
51 000 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
2 870 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
84 years

time for one rotation:
16 hours

surface temperature:
- 200 ° Celsius

satellites:
Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Miranda,
+ ring system
 
 
 

Neptune


diameter:
49 200 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
4 496 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
164 years

time for one rotation:
16 hours, 3 minutes

surface temperature:
- 220 ° Celsius

satellites:
Triton and Nereid
 
 
 

Pluto


diameter:
2290 km

distance of orbit from Sun (average):
5 946 000 000 km

time for one turn around the Sun:
249 years

time for one rotation:
152 hours

surface temperature:
-238 to -228 ° Celsius

satellite:
Charon
 
Pluto has an extreme eccentric orbit. 1979 to 1998 he was closer to the Sun than Neptune.
 
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