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Main diameter Distance from Mass acceleration escape orbital # of
object (miles or the sun AU (earth=1) of gravity(g) velocity period moons
Km) Miles/Km (m/sec2) (Km/sec) (days/yrs)
1. the sun N/A N/A
2. mercury
3. venus
4. earth
5. mars
6. jupiter
7. saturn
8.uranus
9. neptune
total # of major objects in our solar system:

AU: Astronomical Units Reference sites Planetary Data Spreadsheet
http://pds.ipl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites/

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Main object Diameter (km) Distance from sun (km) Mass AU (earth =1) Gravity acceleration (m/s2) Escape velocity (km/s) Orbital period (days/yr) # of moons
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