User:Cyclopia/Wikitable of natural objects orbiting the Sun
This is a sandbox for a sortable wikitable of natural objects orbiting the Sun (planets, dwarf planets and minor planets) with various interesting orbital parameters.
This wants to unify lists and tables on the SS now scattered in WP, like:
Orbital parameters
[edit]| Object | Category (planet, dwarf planet, minor planet) |
Aphelion (AU) |
Perihelion (AU) |
Semi-major axis (AU) |
Eccentricity | Orbital period (years) |
Inclination (degrees) |
Average orbital speed (km/second) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth | Planet | 1.0167103335 | 0.9832898912 | 1.0000001124 | 0.016710219 | 1.0000175 | 0 | 29.783 |
| Mercury | Planet | 0.466697 | 0.307499 | 0.387098 | 0.205630 | 0.240846 | 7.005 | 47.87 |
| 1566 Icarus | Minor planet (Apollo asteroid) | 1.969 | 0.187 | 1.078 | 0.827 | 1.12 | 22.854 | 22.88 |
| Venus | Planet | 0.72823128 | 0.71843270 | 0.723332 | 0.0068 | 0.6151970 | 3.39471 | 35.02 |
| Mars | Planet | 1.665861 | 1.381497 | 1.523679 | 0.093315 | 1.8808 | 1.850 | 24.077 |
| Ceres | Dwarf planet (Main belt) | 2.947 | 2.545 | 2.766 | 0.07976017 | 4.599 | 10.586712 | 17.882 |
| Jupiter | Planet | 5.458104 | 4.950429 | 5.204267 | 0.048775 | 11.85920 | 1.305 | 13.07 |
| Saturn | Planet | 10.11595804 | 9.04807635 | 9.58201720 | 0.055723219 | 29.657296 | 2.485240 | 9.69 |
| Uranus | Planet | 20.08330526 | 18.37551863 | 19.22941195 | 0.044405586 | 84.323326 | 0.772556 | 6.81 |
| Neptune | Planet | 30.44125206 | 29.76607095 | 30.10366151 | 0.011214269 | 169.79 | 1.767975 | 5.43 |
| Pluto | Dwarf planet (Kuiper belt plutino) | 49.30503287 | 29.65834067 | 39.48168677 | 0.24880766 | 248.09 | 17.14175 | 4.666 |
| Makemake | Dwarf planet (Kuiper belt) | 53.074 | 38.509 | 45.791 | 0.159 | 309.88 | 28.96 | 4.419 |
Object parameters
[edit]This table includes values that make sense both for planets and moons together.
| Object | Category (planet, dwarf planet, minor planet, moon) |
Primary | Mass (Earth mass) |
Radius (km) |
Rotation period (days) |
Axial tilt (degrees) |
Albedo | Surface minimum temperature (°C) |
Surface maximum temperature (°C) |
Surface average temperature (°C) |
Surface gravity (g) |
Surface area (Earth's area) |
Mean density (g/cm3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth | Planet | Sun | 1 | 6371 | 1 | 23.439281 | 0.367 | -89 | 57.7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mercury | Planet | Sun | 0.055 | 2439.7 | 58.646 | 2.11 | 0.119 | -193 | 427 | 27 | 0.38 | 0.108 | |
| 1566 Icarus | Minor planet (Apollo asteroid) | Sun | 4.85*10-13 | 1.4 | 0.09471 | 0.4 | -31.15 | ||||||
| Venus | Planet | Sun | 0.815 | 6051.8 | 243.0185 | 177.3 | 0.65 | 461.85 | 0.904 | 0.902 | 5.204 | ||
| Moon | Moon | Earth | 0.0123 | 1737.10 | 27.321582 | 1.5424 | 0.12 | -203 | 116 | -53 | 0.1654 | 0.074 | 3.3464 |
| Ganymede | Moon | Jupiter | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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