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PLANETS - PLANETARY ORBITAL DATA

 

 

           Average distMin. distance  Max. distance Eccentricity  Inclination

PLANET     from Sun (AU)  from Sun (AU)  from Sun (AU) of orbit      to ecliptic(°)

Mercury     0.387          0.307          0.467        0.206          7.00

Venus       0.723          0.718          0.728        0.007          3.39

Earth       1.000          0.983          1.017        0.017          0.00

Mars        1.524          1.381          1.666        0.093          1.85

Jupiter     5.203          4.952          5.455        0.048          1.31

Saturn      9.537          9.021         10.054        0.054          2.48

Uranus     19.191         18.286         20.096        0.047          0.77

Neptune    30.069         29.811         30.327        0.009          1.77

Pluto      39.482         29.658         49.305        0.249         17.14


 

Source: Derek Haselden's Astronomical Charts & Tables

 

 

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