Table IIa, IIb, Figure 4a, 4b, 4c
TABLE IIa |
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PLANETS |
SATELLITES |
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|
MASS |
AXIAL ROT. SPEED |
|
DIST. FROM MOTHER |
MASS* |
ORBITAL SPEED (Km/hr) |
1) Mars
|
0.642 |
867 |
Phobos |
9.38 |
10.6 |
7,695 |
2) Earth
|
5.97 |
1677 |
Moon |
384.4 |
0.073 |
3,679 |
3) Uranus
|
86.8 |
9,310 |
Miranda |
129.9 |
0.66 |
23,923 |
4) Neptune
|
102 |
10,231 |
Naiad |
23.2 |
0.002 |
43,350 |
5) Saturn
|
568 |
17,775 |
Mimas |
185.5 |
0.379 |
51,684 |
6) Jupiter
|
1899 |
45,255 |
Io |
421.6 |
893.2 |
62,382 |
Data presented in this table were adapted from http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet and related pages. Only for the moon was actual value derived from the NASA’s website; all other values were calculated from the values for the orbital parameters posted at the website. For calculating the orbits of the small satellites, where only semi-major axes were provided, they were used; since all satellites’ values were thus affected, we accepted that limitation.
*The masses for all of the planets and earth’s moon were x10 24 kg and for the satellites of Mars were x 1015 kg; for Jupiter’s moons were x 1021 kg; for Saturn’s, Uranus’ and Neptune’s were x 1020 kg
TABLE II b |
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PLANETS |
SATELLITES |
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|
MASS |
AXIAL ROT. |
|
MASS* |
DIST. FROM |
AXIAL. ROT. |
MARS |
0.642 |
867 |
PHOBOS |
10.6 |
9.38 |
9.33 |
EARTH |
5.97 |
1,677 |
MOON |
0.073 |
384.4 |
16.7 |
URANUS |
86.8 |
9,130 |
MIRANDA |
0.66 |
129.9 |
44 |
NEPTUNE
|
102 |
10,231 |
NAIAD |
0.002 |
23.2 |
31.5 |
SATURN
|
568 |
17,775 |
MIMAS |
0.379 |
185.5 |
51.6 |
JUPITER |
1899 |
42,255 |
IO |
893.2 |
421.6 |
269.6 |
Data in this table were adapted from http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet and related pages. Only for the moon was actual values derived from NASA’s website; all other values were calculated from the values for the orbital parameters posted on that site. For calculating the axial rotation speeds, either using the ‘median axis radius’ given by NASA, or by calculating it from the data provided (for the small satellites, where their shapes are not spherical) were used to determine the circumference. Since the satellites were synchronously rotating, for axial rotation period, the orbital period was used. Then, the satellites’ orbital rotation was calculated from the two values. * The masses for satellites of Mars were x1015 kg; for moon it was x1024 kg, for Uranus’, Neptune’s and Saturn’s were x1020 kg; for Jupiter’s they were 1021 kg.