Orbital eccentricity
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| Orbital parametres | ||||
| Distance from Sun (semimajor axis) | 1,427 million km | (9.54 AU) | ||
| Minimum distance (perihelion) | 1,349 million km | (9.17 AU) | ||
| Maximum distance (aphelion) | 1,506 million km | (9.90 AU) | ||
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Orbital eccentricity |
0.055 | |||
| Length of year (orbital period) | 10,747 days | (29.4 years) | ||
| Length of day (rotational period) | 10.627 days | (0.44 days) | ||
| Average orbital velocity | 9.66 km/s | |||
| Orbital inclination | 2.485 degrees | More about planetary orbits | ||
| Axial tilt (obliquity) | 26.73 degrees | |||
| Physical Properties | ||||
| Equatorial radius | 60,268 km | (9.45 x Earth) | ||
| Mass | 5.685 x1026 kg | (95.2 x Earth) | ||
| Volume | 8.271 x1014 km3 | (763.6 x Earth) | ||
| Average density | 687.3 kg/m3 | (0.125 x Earth) | ||
| Oblateness | 0.098 | |||
| Surface gravity at equator | 10.43 m/s2 | (1.07 x Earth) | ||
| Escape velocity | 35.478 km/s | (3.17 x Earth) | ||
| Solar irradiance | 15 Watts/m2 | (0.01 x Earth) | ||
| Surface temperature | 82 to 143 K | (-191 to -130o C) | ||
| Albedo | 0.47 | |||
| Maximum visual magnitude | -0.3 | |||
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