Tuesday 9 October 2012

Information.

Now i have chosen my images i need to collect information about each planet, these are the areas i will be covering:

- Diameter
- Angle of rotation
- Day stats
- Year stats
- Atmosphere
- Mass
- Orbit
- Moons

Mercury

Diameter  - 3,030 miles
Tilt of axis - 0o
Distance from the sun - 28.6 - 43.4 million miles
Revolution period about the axis - 58.65 days
Revolution period about the sun - 0.24 years
Atmosphere - None
Gravity - 0.38 x Earth's
Mass - 0.06 x Earth's
Satellites - 0

Venus

Diameter - 7,522 miles
Tilt of axis - 178o
Distance from the sun - 67 - 68 million miles
Revolution period about axis - 243 days
Revolution period about the sun - 0.62 years
Atmosphere - Carbon dioxide, and thick clouds of sulfuric acid
Mass - 0.82 x Earth's
Gravity - 0.90 x Earth's
Satellites - 0

Earth

Diameter - 7,926 miles
Tilt of axis - 23o
Distance from the sun - 91 - 94 million miles
Revolution period about axis - 24 hrs
Revolution period about the sun - 365 days 5 hrs
Atmosphere - nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), and other gases (1%)
Mass - 6.5e21 tons
Satellites - 1 (the Moon)

Mars

Diameter - 4,217 miles
Tilt of axis - 25o
Distance from the sun - 128 - 155 million miles
Revolution period about axis - 24.6 hrs
Revolution period about the sun - 1.88 years
Atmosphere - carbon dioxide (95.3%), nitrogen (2.7%), and argon (1.6%)
Mass - 0.11 x Earth's
Satellites - 2

Jupiter

Diameter - 88,736 miles
Tilt of axis - 3.1o
Distance from the sun - 460 - 508 million miles
Revolution period about axis - 9.8 hours
Revolution period about the sun -12 years
Atmosphere - ammonia and methane, helium, hydrogen, and sulfur
Mass - 318 x Earth's
Satellites -  63 known

Saturn

Diameter - 74,500 miles
Tilt of axis - 26o
Distance from the sun - 840 - 938 million miles
Revolution period about axis - 10.67 hrs
Revolution period about the sun - 29.5 years
Atmosphere - ammonia and methane, helium, hydrogen, and sulfur
Mass - 95 x Earth's
Satellites - 62 known moons

Uranus

Diameter - 32,000 miles
Tilt of axis - 98o
Distance from the sun - 2.7 - 3 billion km
Revolution period about axis - 17.24 hrs
Revolution period about the sun - 84 years
Atmosphere - methane
Mass - 14.5 x Earth's
Satellites - 27 known moons

Neptune

Diameter - 30,760 miles
Tilt of axis - 2.77 billion miles

Distance from the sun - 4,504,000,000 km
Revolution period about axis - 17.24 hrs
Revolution period about the sun - 165 years
Atmosphere - Methane molecules.
Mass - 17.2 x Earth's
Satellites - 13 known moons, faint rings

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