Important Numbers
|
Planet's Order |
7th planet from the sun |
| 3rd of the outer Planets | |
|
Distance from the Sun |
|
|
Perihelion |
2,739,300,000 Km |
|
Mean |
2,875,000,000 Km |
|
Aphelion |
3,010,700,000 Km |
|
Distance from the Earth |
|
|
Smallest |
2,587,000,000 Km |
|
Biggest |
3,156,000,000 Km |
|
Size |
|
|
Mass |
14.5 (Earth=1) |
|
Radius |
4.01 (Earth=1) |
|
Relative density |
1.3 |
|
Number of satellites |
|
|
17 Moon
|
|
|
Orbit/Rotation |
|
|
Rotation period (About axis) 17.21 hours (Day & Night) |
|
|
Period of revolution about Sun 84.01 Earth years |
|
|
Inclination of orbit (degrees) 0.77° |
|
|
Eccentricity of orbit 0.05 |
|
|
Temperature |
|
|
Maximum |
-216°C ( -357°F)
|
|
Minimum |
|
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