Saturday, October 12, 2013

Murcury

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Designations
Adjective Mercurian, Mercurial[1]
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch J2000
Aphelion
  • 69,816,900 km
  • 0.466 697 AU
Perihelion
  • 46,001,200 km
  • 0.307 499 AU
Semi-major axis
  • 57,909,100 km
  • 0.387 098 AU
Eccentricity 0.205 630[2]
Orbital period
Synodic period 115.88 d[2]
Average orbital speed 47.87 km/s[2]
Mean anomaly 174.796°
Inclination
Longitude of ascending node 48.331°
Argument of perihelion 29.124°
Satellites None
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
  • 2,439.7 ± 1.0 km[5][6]
  • 0.3829 Earths
Flattening 0[6]
Surface area
  • 7.48×107 km2[5]
  • 0.147 Earths
Volume
  • 6.083×1010 km3[5]
  • 0.056 Earths
Mass
  • 3.3022×1023 kg[5]
  • 0.055 Earths
Mean density 5.427 g/cm3[5]
Equatorial surface gravity
Escape velocity 4.25 km/s[5]
Sidereal rotation period
  • 58.646 day
  • 1407.5 h[5]
Equatorial rotation velocity 10.892 km/h (3.026 m/s)
Axial tilt 2.11′ ± 0.1′[7]
North pole right ascension
  • 18 h 44 min 2 s
  • 281.01°[2]
North pole declination 61.45°[2]
Albedo
Surface temp. min mean max
0°N, 0°W [11] 100 K 340 K 700 K
85°N, 0°W[11] 80 K 200 K 380 K
Apparent magnitude −2.6[9] to 5.7[2][10]
Angular diameter 4.5" – 13"[2]
Atmosphere[2]
Surface pressure trace
Composition

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