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The Sun
Diameter at equator: 1,392,000km
Time for 1 rotation: 25 days
Mass of Sun: 1.99 x 10 to the power of 30
Centre temperature: 15,000,000 Kelvin
Surface temperature: 5,720 Kelvin
Mercury
- Diameter at equator: 4,879km
- Distance from Sun: 57,900,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 59 days
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 88 days
Venus
- Diameter at equator: 12,104km
- Distance from Sun: 108,200,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 243 days
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 225 days
Earth
- Diameter at equator: 12,756km
- Distance from Sun: 149,600,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 23 hours and 56 minutes
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes
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Mars
Diameter at equator: 6,794km
Distance from Sun: 228,000,000km
Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 24 hours, 37 minutes
Time taken to orbit the Sun: 687 days
Jupiter
- Diameter at equator: 142,884km
- Distance from Sun: 778,400,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 9 hours, 51 minutes
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 11 years, 315 days
Saturn
- Diameter at equator: 120,536km
- Distance from Sun: 1,427,000,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 10 hours, 14 minutes
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 29 years, 167 days
Uranus
- Diameter at equator: 51,118km
- Distance from Sun: 2,869,000,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 17 hours, 18 minutes
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 84 years, 6 days
Neptune
- Diameter at equator:50,538km
- Distance from Sun: 4,496,000,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 18 hours
- Time taken to orbit the Sun: 164 years, 288 days
Pluto
- Diameter at equator: 2,445km
- Distance from Sun: 5,900,000,000km
- Time taken for 1 rotation about axis (length of one day): 6 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes
- Time taken to orbit sun: 248 years, 183 days
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