MAJOR PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Major Planets of the Solar System
PlanetDistance from the sun(AU)Period of revolutionPeriod of rotationMass(earth=1)Diameter(earth=1)Number of known satellites
Mercury0.3988 days59 days0.060.380
Venus0.72225 days243 days0.820.950
Earth1365 days24 hours111
Mars1.52687 days25 hours0.110.532
Jupiter5.2012 years10 hours317.8911.1939
Saturn9.5429 years10 hours95.159.4430
Uranus19.284 years18 hours14.544.1021
Neptune30.06165 years18 hours17.233.888
Pluto39.44248 years6.4 days0.002?0.181
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books on: Major Planets of the Solar System  - 262 results

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The Quest for Alien Planets: Exploring Worlds outside the Solar System
Book by Paul Halpern; Plenum Trade, 1997
Subjects: Human-Alien Encounters, Life On Other Planets
...of brown dwarfs and planets appear to have some...than the heaviest known planets. In terms of its mass...brown dwarfs, the giant planet is almost massive enough...distinguishes brown dwarfs from planets. In our quest for alien...members of planetary systems similar to our own...understanding indicates the major difference between brown...
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Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Book by Lucy-Ann Mcfadden, Paul R. Weissman, Torrence V. Johnson; Academic Press, 2007
Subjects: Solar System--Encyclopedias
...periods of the major planets...orbits of the planets. So, they...encounters with the planets. While these...frequently the planet acts as a...ejected from the Solar System by a close...chaotic. If the Solar System consisted...Sun and one planet, interacting...gravity, the planets orbit would...planetary systems that were...
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Worlds without End: The Exploration of Planets Known and Unknown
Book by John S. Lewis; Perseus Books, 1998
Subjects: Extrasolar Planets, Life On Other Planets, Planets
...bodies in the Solar System may be incomplete...old planets in our Solar System, we must...the study of the Solar System that planets...represented in our Solar System: the planets...the only kinds of planets that are possible...we find, plays a major role in governing...the surface of a planet and how the planet...
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Data Policy Issues and Barriers to Using Commercial Resources for Mission to Planet Earth
Book by Scott Pace, Brant Sponberg, Molly Macauley; Rand, 1999
Subjects: Earth Sciences--Research--Government Policy--United States, Earth Sciences--United States--Remote Sensing--Finance, Industrial Policy--United States, Mission To Planet Earth (Program), Science And Industry--United States
...between the oceans, atmosphere, and solar flux; thus, measurements of waterways...better understanding of the three major Earth system processes affecting global climate...global heat balance (which includes solar energy and Earth thermal energy...
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The Superpower Space Race: An Explosive Rivalry through the Solar System
Book by Robert Reeves; Plenum Press, 1994
Subjects: Outer Space--Exploration--Soviet Union--History, Outer Space--Exploration--United States--History, Space Probes, Space Race--Soviet Union--History, Space Race--United States--History
...earth and Mars brought the two planets into closer proximity than...To attain this new goal, major improvements were made to the propulsion system. Mounted atop the spacecraft...lb dual television imaging system was to be the primary scientific...
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journal articles on: Major Planets of the Solar System  - 207 results

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The Formation of the Solar System
Journal article by Sara S. Russell; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 164, 2007
Subjects: Astronomy, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Meteors & meteorites, Physical properties, Planets, Solar systems, Studies, Sun
...accretion regime was planets with approximately...the resulting planets would have swept...formed with the planet distances from each...this pattern in our Solar System is in the asteroid belt, where a planet would have been...disc to a planetary system with long-term...likely to result in planets that are evenly...extrasolar planetary systems, for example...
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Administrative Entrepreneurship and Space Technology: The Ups and Downs of "Mission to Planet Earth."
Journal article by W. Henry Lambright; Public Administration Review, Vol. 54, 1994
Subjects: Administrative agencies--Reorganization, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Management
...growing as a major public issue...dramatized that the planet was at risk...The Earth System Sciences Committee...whether Mission to Planet Earth was a commitment...the information system is already swamped...monitoring systems, especially...Earth Observing System." Aviation...Technological Systems Cambridge, MA...Our Changing Planet: The FY 1990...
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Energy for Planet Earth
Journal article by Peter E. Glaser; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Vol. 19, 1994
Subjects: Energy conservation, Space exploration
...developing plans for system growth in the...power various systems that have already...catalytic role that solar energy received...evolution of the planet Earth civilization...life on this planet. There still...a hospitable planet for humanity...Study of Powersat Systems," Paris, France...Organization, "Solar Power Satellite...Environmentally Safe System of Supplying...
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Radha Jalan and ElectroChem, Inc.: Energy for a Clean Planet
Journal article by Frances M. Amatucci, Susan Coleman; Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Vol. 31, 2007
Subjects: Battery industry--Officials and employees, Jalan, Radha--Management, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. Electrochem Industries Div.--Officials and employees
...Energy for a Clean Planet. by Frances...photovoltaic, solar, and wind...produced a 5-kW system that powered...create water. A major advantage of...Ballard Power Systems (BPS), Fuel...Proton Energy Systems, Inc. <br...Teledyne Energy Systems <br/ Third...Performance of Major Fuel Cell Companies...
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Equal Area Map Projection for Irregularly Shaped Objects
Journal article by Yang Cheng, Jean J. Lorre; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 27, 2000
Subjects: Mappings (Mathematics)--Innovations, Planets--Maps, Three-dimensional display systems--Innovations
...in a Polar Coordinate System Assume a map projection...in a polar coordinate system: (23) x = RhocosTheta...straightforward. However, a major drawback is that it does...equations and nonlinear systems. The functions Rho and...The general form of the system is: (46) MATHEMATICAL...gravitational field of Phobos. Solar System Research 15...
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HD 11964 D by Any Other Name: What to Call the Planets We Find beyond Our Solar System?
Magazine article by Christopher Cokinos; American Scholar, Vol. 78, Winter 2009
Subjects: Extrasolar planets--Names, Extrasolar planets--Observations
...We Find beyond Our Solar System? by Christopher Cokinos...The planets in our solar system--the major and many of the minor...TrES-1 b for extra-solar planets, also called exoplanets...letters referring to the planet, or planets: b...
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A Moon like No Other: Larger Than Some Planets, Saturn's Biggest Moon Indeed Is a "Titan" of the Solar System
Magazine article by Judith Braffman-Miller; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 140, July 2011
Subjects: Satellites (Astronomical bodies)--Composition, Satellites (Astronomical bodies)--Discovery and exploration, Satellites (Astronomical bodies)--Measurement, Satellites--Composition, Satellites--Discovery and exploration, Satellites--Measurement, Saturn (Planet)--Discovery and exploration, Saturn (Planet)--Observations
...Titan" of the Solar System. by Judith...largest in our solar system after Ganymede of Jupiter, sports a major continent, dubbed...realm of the outer solar systems giant planets--Jupiter...bigger than the planet Mercury. Indeed...
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New Mysteries Replace the Old: The Galileo Probe Is Sending Surprises from the Biggest Planet in Our Solar System
Magazine article by Phil Berardelli; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, December 23, 1996
Subjects: Europa (Satellite)--Observations, Galileo Project (Space probe)--Observations, Ganymede (Satellite)--Observations, Io (Satellite)--Observations, Jupiter (Planet)--Atmosphere, Satellites--Jupiter
...biggest planet in our solar system. Any time...sailed past the planet on their first-ever tour of the outer solar system. But Galileos orbit...by Voyager of the solar systems biggest moon suggested...to Jupiter of the major moons, it constantly...lapse images of the planets clouds with every...
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Chaos in the Solar System
Magazine article by Neil de Grasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 104, July 1995
Subjects: Astrophysics, Chaos theory, Scientists, Solar systems
...the solar system and beyond...the solar system is now slightly...the solar systems behavior is...Jovian" planets (Jupiter...to predict planet trajectories...risk of a major asteroid impact...about loss of solar mass? Should...probe the systems history...birth of the solar system (5 billion...the-box planets are not idle...innermost planet, Mercury...
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Reaching for Rays: Scientists Work toward a Solar-Based Energy System
Magazine article by Aimee Cunningham; Science News, Vol. 171, May 26, 2007
Subjects: Energy consumption--Reorganization and restructuring, Lewis, Nathan S.--Research, Solar energy--Research, Solar energy--Usage
...Scientists Work toward a Solar-Based Energy System. by Aimee Cunningham...of satisfying the planets substantial--and...replace fossil fuels, solar is the one place...he says. But the planet is taking advantage...Department of Energy. A major issue is cost. For...current silicon-based solar cells, the price...
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newspaper articles on: Major Planets of the Solar System  - 112 results

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Is This Man One Planet Short of a Solar System?
Newspaper article by Kathleen Morgan; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), May 13, 1998
Is This Man One Planet Short of a Solar System? by Kathleen Morgan As a prophet...wiped out when a huge meteor hit the planet and that Earth is about to suffer...Hancock says: "We could have a major cataclysm in the next 30 years...
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Switch Off. to Save the Planet; Today We Launch a Major Campaign to Tackle Global Warming - and You Can Play a Part Drought, Floods and Melting Glaciers.How Global Warming Is Affecting Our Earth
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 24, 2007
Subjects: Energy management, Energy management systems
...Switch Off. to Save the Planet; Today We Launch a Major Campaign to Tackle Global...not only saving the planet from the comfort of...has a wind turbine and solar panel fitted to her...sources of energy like solar and wind power, are...
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Scientists Discover Earth-Like, Water-Rich Planet
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 17, 2009
Subjects: Astronomy--Discovery and exploration, Astronomy--Reports, Astronomy--Research, Scientists--Discovery and exploration, Scientists--Reports, Scientists--Research, Solar system--Discovery and exploration, Solar system--Reports, Solar system--Research
...years away in another solar system and has a radius...discovery of the planet, called GJ 1214b, represents a "major step forward" in...tantalising hints that the planet has a gaseous atmosphere...spotted hints of the planets presence."It is...one outside of our solar system.Berta said...
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Astronomers Find Rocky Planet
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 17, 2009
Subjects: Extrasolar planets, News agencies, The Associated Press
...Astronomers Find Rocky Planet. Byline: Associated...outside our solar system where thereAEs...more than 300 planets outside our solar system. But...rocky extrasolar planet. Scientists...completes its solar orbit in 88...This is a major discovery in...
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'Pluto, the Renewer' Still Included in New Recording of 'The Planets' Suite
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 13, 2006
Subjects: Planets
...known planets in our solar system, was incomplete...performances of "The Planets." But now, instead...status of "dwarf planet." Now, we have...Plutos status as a planet has for some time...The Making of Planets and Asteroids...Partita No. 3 in E Major for unaccompanied...
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encyclopedia articles on: Major Planets of the Solar System  - 12 results

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Major Planets of the Solar System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAJOR PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM (table) Major Planets of the Solar System Planet Distance from the sun (AU) Period of revolution Period of rotation Mass (earth=1) Diameter (earth=1) Number of confirmed satellites Mercury 0.39 88...
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Solar System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the systems total mass. The...retinue are the eight major planets ; other parts of the solar system are discussed in...distance in the solar system is the astronomical...distances of the planets from the sun range...its discovery as a planet, was reclassified...
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Planet
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLANET Gr.,=wanderer...nonluminous bodies (major planets) that revolve...members of the solar system : comets and...Planets of the Solar System ). Classification...Planets The major planets are classified...as the ninth planet, was gradually...
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Plate Tectonics
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...divided into about 7 major plates and perhaps...has happened on other planets and satellites in the solar system, such as Mars and...There are numerous major plate boundary conditions...may develop into a major system of normal faults...
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Saturn , in Astronomy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...permanent markings on the planet are visible, the planets exact period of rotation...flattening among the planets (over 10%). Saturn...the second largest planet in the solar system; its equatorial...grouped into the seven major rings. The three...
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