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Perihelion of Uranus:
ORBITS OF 1,700 million miles
OUTER PLANETS
Inner planetary orbits
AND PLUTO
Sun Perihelion of Saturn:
837 million miles

Saturn

Perihelion of Jupiter:
Aphelion of Saturn: 460 million miles
936 million miles

Jupiter Uranus
Aphelion of Jupiter:
507 million miles
Average orbital speed of
Jupiter: 8.1 miles/sec
Average orbital speed
Aphelion of Uranus: of Saturn: 6 miles/sec
1,867 million miles
Average orbital
speed of Uranus:
4.2 miles/sec

Pluto
Direction of
Neptune orbital motion
Average orbital speed
of Neptune: 3.4 miles/sec
INCLINATION OF ORBITS
TO THE ECLIPTIC
Average orbital speed
of Pluto: 2.9 miles/sec
Pluto: 17.2°
Mercury: 7°
Venus: 3.39°
Saturn: 2.49°
Mars: 1.85°
Neptune: 1.77°
Jupiter: 1.3°
Uranus: 0.77°
Ecliptic (Earth’s orbital plane) Earth: 0°

SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO
Year: 29.66 Earth years Year: 84.13 Earth years Year: 164.70 Earth years Year: 248.09 Earth years
Mass: 95.16 Earth masses Mass: 14.54 Earth masses Mass: 17.14 Earth masses Mass: 0.0022 Earth masses
Diameter: 74,901 miles Diameter: 31,765 miles Diameter: 30,777 miles Diameter: 1,429 miles

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