Planet Comparison Table

Inner Planets = Rocky, Metallic Planets

Distance
from Sun
(Light Min.)
& Position #
from the sun
Surface
Temperature
Avg.
diameter @
equator (km)
Rotation
period
(days)
Revolution
period
(years)
Interesting
Fact #1

Interesting
Fact #2

Mercury
3.2 Light-Min
1st Planet From the sun

Venus
6.0 Light-min
2nd Planet From the
sun

Earth
8.3 Light-min
3rd Planet From the
sun

Mars
12.7 Light-min
4th Planet From the
sun

-173C427C

464C

-13C37C

-123C37C

4,879 km

12,104 km

12,756 km

6,794 km

58 Earth days 19 hours

24Hrs

24 hours, 40 min

88 days

243 Earth days 16 Hrs

(Retrograde = Spins
opposite direction of
Earth)
224 days 17Hrs

365 days 6hrs

1 Year 322 days

78% Nitrogen
21% Oxygen
1% Traces of
other gases

Oceans, Rivers, &

Lakes
Mountains
Volcanoes
Valleys
Glaciers

Moons

Thin atmosphere
Hydrogen
Helium

Rocky crust
Resembles the moon
Impact craters
Ancient lava flows
Mile-high cliffs
Earthquake fault lines

Thick/toxic/dense
Rains Sulfuric acid
Carbon Dioxide
(CO2)
Nitrogen
Sulfur Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Argon
*hottest planet
Flat angular rocks
Volcanoes
Mountains
Valleys

Thin cold
atmosphere
Carbon Dioxide
(CO2)
Nitrogen
Argon
Traces of others
Frozen ice caps
Red color ( Iron &
Oxygen)
Dry river beds
Volcanoes
Valleys

2 Phobos & Deimos

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Planet Comparison Table

Outer Planets = Gaseous Gas Giants

Jupiter
43.3 Light-min
5th Planet From the
sun

Distance
from Sun
(Light Min.)
& Position #
from the
sun
Surface
-110C
Temperatur
e
Avg.
142,984 km
diameter @
equator
(km)
Rotation
9 hours 54 min
period
(days)

Saturn
1.3 Light-Hours
6th Planet From the sun

Uranus
2.7 Light-Hours
7th Planet From the
sun

Neptune
4.2 Light hours
8th Planet From the sun

-140C

-195C

-200C

120,536 km

51,118 km

49,528 km

10 hours 42 min

17 hours 12 min

16 hours 6 min

Revolution
period
(years)

11 Earth years 313

Days

29 Earth years 155 Days

83 Earth years 273

Days

164 Earth years 263 Days

Interesting
Fact #1

Hydrogen (H) &

Helium (He) layers
surround metallic
Hydrogen
Clouds of frozen
ammonia (NH3)
Methane (CH4)
Water vapor & ice
in lower layers

Hydrogen (H)
Helium (He)
Ammonia (NH3)
Methane (CH4)
Other toxic compounds

No energy source
13% Helium (He)
85% Hydrogen (H)
in thin upper
atmosphere
H2O & Methane
(CH4)

2 % Methane (CH4) in
upper atmosphere
Clouds encircle the
planet
85% Hydrogen (H)
13% Helium (He)
Produces more heat
due to liquid Hydrogen
(H)

Interesting
Fact #2

No solid surface

No solid surface

No solid surface

No solid surface

Moons

63 (4 named: Io,
Europia, Ganymede,
Callisto)
Yes

62 (4 named: Titan,
Enceladus, Iapetus,
Mimas)
Yes

27 (Titania is the
largest.)

13 (Triton)

Yes (Thinnest rings of

all the planets)

Yes

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