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SOLAR SYSTEM








Poster



Proper Name
of Planet
Formal
Designation
Planetary Statistics
Planet's
Major Moons
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Planets of Sol

Distance from Center of the Galaxy: 26,000 light-years
Star Type: G2V, yellow main-sequence star
Diameter of Sun: 865,000 miles (1.0 Rsun)
Age of System: 4,568 million earth years

Mercury

Sol I
 Hot Lunar World

Distance from sun: 38 million miles
Diameter: 3,032 miles (0.38 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 87.97 earth days
Rotation Period: 58.65 earth days
Solar Day: 176.015 earth days
Surface Temp.: 178°C
Atmosphere: none
Gravity: 0.39 g
Axil Tilt: 0°
Moons: none

Venus

Sol II
 Hot Venusian World
  (later terraformed)


Distance from sun: 67 million miles
Diameter: 7,521 miles (0.95 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 224.7 earth days
Rotation Period: 243.16 earth days (opposite rotation)*
Solar Day**: 116.7829 days (120 Venusian “circads”)
Surface Temp.: 471°C (before terraformation)
Atmosphere: 1300 psi; CO2, N2 (before terraformation)
Gravity: 0.90 g
Axil Tilt: 177°
Moons: none
Notes: 73% surface water†
.......Terraformed in the 32nd to 40th Centuries A.D.

*The sun sets on Venus in the East and rises in the West
**An effect of it's extremely slow and opposite rotation
Venus' day/night cycle is vastly different than it's rotation period.

Earth

Sol III
 Temperate Terrestrial World

Distance from sun: 93 million miles
Diameter: 7,926 miles
Orbital Period: 365.25 days
Solar Day: 24 hours
Surface Temp.: 12°C
Atmosphere: 14 psi; N2, O2
Gravity: 1.0 g
Axil Tilt: 23°
Moons: 1; Luna
Notes: 75% surface water
Luna

Mars

Sol IV
 Cool Desert World
  (later terraformed)


Distance from sun: 148 million miles
Diameter: 4,221 miles (0.53 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 686.973 earth days (668.595 Martian days)
Solar Day: 24:39 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -67°C (before terraformation)
Atmosphere: 0.2 psi; CO2, Ar, N2 (before terraformation)
Gravity: 0.38 g
Axil Tilt: 24°
Moons: 2
Notes: 20% surface water*
.......*Terraformed in the 32nd to 33rd Centuries A.D.
Phobos
Deimos

Jupiter

Sol V
 Large Gas Giant

Distance from sun: 490 million miles
Diameter: 89,410 miles (11.3 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 11.86 earth years
Solar Day: 9:56 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -165°C
Atmosphere: H2, He
Gravity: 2.64 g
Axil Tilt: 3°
Moons: 4 major, 60+ minor
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto

Saturn

Sol VI
 Ringed Gas Giant

Distance from sun: 840 millon miles
Diameter: 74,901 miles (9.5 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 29.46 earth years
Solar Day: 10:12 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -194°C
Atmosphere: H2, He
Gravity: 0.92 g
Axil Tilt: 29°
Moons: 7 major, 60+ minor
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus

Uranus

Sol VII
 Blue Ice Giant

Distance from sun: 1,860 million miles
Diameter: 31,765 miles (4.0 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 84 earth years
Solar Day: 17:14 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -215°C
Atmosphere: H2, He, CH4
Gravity: 1.17 g
Axil Tilt: 98°
Moons: 5 major, 20+ minor
Note: Discovered on March 13, 1781 A.D.
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon

Neptune

Sol VIII
 Blue Ice Giant

Distance from sun: 2,796 million miles
Diameter: 31,404 miles (3.96 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 164.8 earth years
Solar Day: 16:06 earth hours
Surface Temp.: -224°C
Atmosphere: H2, He, CH4
Gravity: 1.20 g
Axil Tilt: 29°
Moons: 1 major, 12 minor
Note: Discovered on September 23, 1846 A.D.
Triton









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