Auxiliary Astronomical Information
pertaining to the solar system


Ian James
© 2008

Timekeeping

  One local day One local year Local days
per year
Mercury 176 days 88 d half
Venus 117 days 225 d 2
Earth 24 hrs 1 yr 365
Mars 25 hrs 1.88 yrs 669
Jupiter 10 hrs 11.87 yrs 10,471
Saturn 10 hrs 29.45 yrs 25,249
Uranus 18 hrs 84.87 yrs 41,163
Neptune 17 hrs 164.90 yrs 83,884

Some physical data

  Distance
from Sun, AU
Tilt of axis,
degrees
Relative
density
Moons
Mercury .39 .01 .98 0
Venus .72 177.36 .95 0
Earth 1.00 23.45 1.00 1
Mars 1.52 25.20 .71 2
Jupiter 5.20 3.10 .25 63
Saturn 9.54 26.70 .13 60
Uranus 19.19 97.86 .23 27
Neptune 30.07 29.60 .30 13

Sectors of ecliptic longitude

Begins Name
Ari Aries
30° Tau Taurus
60° Gem Gemini
90° Cnc Cancer
120° Leo Leo
150° Vir Virgo
180° Lib Libra
210° Sco Scorpio
240° Sgr Sagittarius
270° Cap Capricorn
300° Aqr Aquarius
330° Psc Pisces

Planet symbols

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Other bodies

The Sun
The Moon

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