SUN
Physical Data
Volumetric mean radius ....... 696 000 km
Equatorial radius .................. 695 000 km
Mass ................................ 1,9891 e30 kg
Mean density ...................... 1,408 g/cm3
Surface temperature ................. 5 800 K
Nucleus temperature ........ 15 600 000 K
Equatorial surface gravity ... 274,0 m/sec2
Rotational period ............. 24,6 earthdays
Tilt of axis .................................... 7 deg
Escape velocity ............... 618 km/sec
Orbital Data
Orbital period ............ ______ earthyears
Ellipticity .....................0.00005
MERCURY
Physical Data
Volumetric mean radius ....... _______ km
Equatorial radius .................... 2 439,7 km
Mass ................................ 3,303 e23 kg
Mean density ...................... 5,42 g/cm3
Surface temperature ................... 552 K(200-800)
Equatorial surface gravity .... 2,78 m/sec2
Rotational period ............. 58,6462 earthdays
Tilt of axis .................................... 0,00 deg
Equatorial escape velocity ................. 4,25 km/sec
Atmospheric composition
Helium 42%
Sodium 42%
Oxygen 15%
Other 1%
Orbital Data
Mean distance from sun ... 57 910 000 km (0,38 AU)
Orbital period ............ 87,969 earthdays
Mean orbital velocity ..... 47,88 km/sec
Orbital eccentricity ...... 0,2056
Orbital inclination ....... 7,004 deg
© 1999 , 2000 Thomas Waksvik. Updated Fri, Nov 26, 1999
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