This table lists the Solar System's planetary-mass objects (planemos), which include planets, dwarf planets and planet-sized moons,[1] [2] grouped by the region of the Solar System.
Region | Name | Type | Image | Internal
structure |
Diameter (km) |
Surface gravity (m/s²) |
Escape velocity (km/s) |
Solar day (h)[3] |
Surface area (km²×106) |
Surface area (system summary)[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mercury | planet | 4878 | 3.70 | 4.2 | 4223 | 75 | 75 | |||
Venus | planet | 12104 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 2802 | 460 | 460 | |||
Earth | planet | 12756 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 24 | 510.1 | 548 | |||
Moon | satellite | 3476 | 1.62 | 2.4 | 731 | 37.9 | ||||
Mars | planet | 6786 | 3.72 | 5.0 | 25 | 144.8 | 144.8 | |||
Ceres | dwarf planet | 950 | 0.26 | 0.5 | 9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |||
Jupiter | planet | 142700 | 24.9 | 59.6 | 10 | 232.9 | ||||
Io | satellite | 3630 | 1.81 | 2.6 | 42 | 41.9 | ||||
Europa | satellite | 3138 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 85 | 31 | ||||
Ganymede | satellite | 5268 | 1.42 | 2.7 | 172 | 87 | ||||
Callisto | satellite | 4800 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 402 | 73 | ||||
Saturn | planet | 120400 | 10.45 | 35.5 | 11 | 106 | ||||
Mimas | satellite | 397 | 0.064 | 0.16 | 23 | 0.5 | ||||
Enceladus | satellite | 504 | 0.11 | 0.24 | 33 | 0.8 | ||||
Tethys | satellite | 1060 | 0.15 | 0.4 | 45 | 3.6 | ||||
Dione | satellite | 1120 | 0.23 | 0.5 | 66 | 4 | ||||
Rhea | satellite | 1528 | 0.26 | 0.6 | 108 | 7.3 | ||||
Titan | satellite | 5150 | 1.36 | 2.6 | 383 | 83 | ||||
Iapetus | satellite | 1436 | 0.21 | 0.5 | 1918 | 6.7 | ||||
Uranus | planet | 51100 | 8.9 | 21.3 | 17 | 24.3 | ||||
Miranda | satellite | 472 | 0.08 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.7 | ||||
Ariel | satellite | 1160 | 0.27 | 0.6 | 60 | 4.2 | ||||
Umbriel | satellite | 1170 | 0.23 | 0.5 | 99 | 4.3 | ||||
Titania | satellite | 1578 | 0.38 | 0.8 | 209 | 7.8 | ||||
Oberon | satellite | 1522 | 0.35 | 0.7 | 323 | 7.3 | ||||
Neptune | planet | 49500 | 11.2 | 23.6 | 16 | 23 | ||||
Triton | satellite | 2706 | 0.78 | 1.5 | 141 | 23 | ||||
Transneptunian objects | Pluto | dwarf planet | 2306[5] | 0.62 | 1.2 | 153 | 18 | 22.6 | ||
Charon | satellite | 1205 | 0.33 | 0.6 | 153 | 4.6 | ||||
Haumea | dwarf planet | ~1150 | 0.44 | 0.84 | 4 | ~4 | ~4 | |||
Makemake | dwarf planet | ~1500 | ~0.5 | ~0.8 | ~7 | ~7 | ||||
Eris | dwarf planet | 2400 | 0.67 | 1.3 | >8 | 18.1 | 18.1 | |||
As well as various poorly known Trans-Neptunian objects up to 2000 km in diameter (See this table) |
References
edit- ^ Bodies that are large enough that their shape is determined by gravity, as per the criterion for distinguishing between dwarf planets and small solar system bodies, as used for example by George Cole.
- ^ Sources:
- Planetary Fact Sheets
- Johnston's archive
- Relevant references in articles on individual bodies
- ^ Calculated as .
- ^ Combined surface area of all objects in the system that have a solid surface and exceed 900 km in diameter.
- ^ "How Small is Pluto?".