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PLANETS - PLANETARY PHYSICAL DATA

 
         Equatorial  Polar     Mass       Volume     Oblateness  Surface gravity  Density
PLANET   dia.(km)    dia.(km)  (Earth=1)  (Earth=1)              (Earth=1)        (Water=1)
Mercury    4 878       4 878     0.06        0.06    0           0.378            5.43
Venus     12 104      12 104     0.82        0.86    0           0.907            5.24
Earth     12 756      12 714     1.00        1.00    0.0034      1.000            5.52
Mars       6 794       6 750     0.11        0.15    0.0065      0.377            3.94
Jupiter  142 984     133 708   317.83     1321.0     0.065       2.364            1.33
Saturn   120 536     108 728    95.16      764.0     0.098       0.916            0.70
Uranus    51 118      49 946    14.50       63.0     0.023       0.889            1.30
Neptune   49 528      48 682    17.20       58.0     0.017       1.125            1.76
Pluto      2 302       2 250     0.0025      0.0057  0           0.067            1.10
 

Source: Derek Haselden's Astronomical Charts & Tables

 

 

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