Planets (+ Pluto): physical data
Planet
Equatorial
diameter
(km)
a, b
Mass
(Earth = 1)
Volume
(Earth = 1)
Mean
density
(water = 1)
Oblateness
Surface
gravity
b
(Earth = 1)
Escape
velocity
km/s
Geometrical
albedo
Colour
index
B–V
Mercury
4879
00
0.06
000
0.06
5.43
0
0.378
4.25
0.11
0.93
Venus
12 104
00
0.82
000
0.86
5.24
0
0.907
10.36
0.65
0.82
Earth
12 756
00
1.00
000
1.00
5.52
0.0034
1.000
11.19
0.37
—
Mars
6792
00
0.11
000
0.15
3.94
0.0059
0.377
5.03
0.15
1.36
Jupiter
142 984
317.83
1321
1.33
0.065
2.364
60.2
0.52
0.83
Saturn
120 536
0
95.16
0
764
0.69
0.098
0.916
35.1
0.47
1.04
Uranus
51 118
0
14.54
00
63
1.27
0.023
0.889
21.4
0.51
0.56
Neptune
49 528
0
17.15
00
58
1.64
0.017
1.125
23.6
0.41
0.41
Pluto
2390
00
0.0022
000
0.0066
1.8
0
0.067
1.2
0.3
0.80
a
Polar diameters: Earth 12 714 km, Mars 6752 km, Jupiter 133 708 km, Saturn 108 728 km, Uranus 49 946 km, Neptune 48 682 km.
b
At the 1-bar level in the atmosphere for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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