Proper Name of Planet
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Formal Designation
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Planetary Statistics
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Planet's Major Moons
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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
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Mercury
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Sol I
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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
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Venus
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Sol II
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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.
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Earth
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Sol III
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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
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Luna
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Mars
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Sol IV
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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.
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Phobos
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Deimos
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Jupiter
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Sol V
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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
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Io
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Europa
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Ganymede
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Callisto
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Saturn
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Sol VI
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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
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Mimas
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Enceladus
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Tethys
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Dione
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Rhea
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Titan
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Iapetus
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Uranus
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Sol VII
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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.
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Miranda
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Ariel
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Umbriel
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Titania
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Oberon
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Neptune
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Sol VIII
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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.
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Triton
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