Orbital eccentricity
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| Orbital parametres | ||||
| Distance from Sun (semimajor axis) | 108.2 million km | (0.72 AU) | ||
| Minimum distance (perihelion) | 107.5 million km | (0.73 AU) | ||
| Maximum distance (aphelion) | 108.9 million km | (0.72 AU) | ||
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Orbital eccentricity |
0.0068 | |||
| Length of year (orbital period) | 224.70 days | (0.62 years) | ||
| Length of day (rotational period) | 243.02 days | |||
| Average orbital velocity | 35.02 km/s | |||
| Orbital inclination | 3.39 degrees | More about planetary orbits | ||
| Axial tilt (obliquity) | 177.3 degrees | |||
| Physical Properties | ||||
| Equatorial radius | 6,052 km | (0.95 x Earth) | ||
| Mass | 4.868 x1024 kg | (0.82 x Earth) | ||
| Volume | 92.84 x1010 km3 | (0.86 x Earth) | ||
| Average density | 5,242 kg/m3 | (0.95 x Earth) | ||
| Oblateness | 0.0 | |||
| Surface gravity at equator | 8.87 m/s2 | (0.91 x Earth) | ||
| Escape velocity | 10.36 km/s | (0.93 x Earth) | ||
| Solar irradiance | 2,660 Watts/m2 | (0.037 x Earth) | ||
| Surface temperature | 229 to 737 K | (-44 to 464o C) | ||
| Albedo | 0.65 | |||
| Maximum visual magnitude | -4.40 | More about planetary orbits | ||