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Planets: Orbital Properties

Planet	distance	revolution	eccentricity	inclination
	(A.U.)			(deg)
Mercury	0.387	87.969 d	0.2056	7.005
Venus	0.723	224.701 d	0.0068	3.3947
Earth	1.000	365.256 d	0.0167	0.0000
Mars	1.524	686.98 d	0.0934	1.851
Jupiter	5.203	11.862 y	0.0484	1.305
Saturn	9.537	29.457 y	0.0542	2.484
Uranus	19.191	84.011 y	0.0472	0.770
Neptune	30.069	164.79 y	0.0086	1.769
Pluto	39.482	247.68 y	0.2488	17.142

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Body (the strange rotation of) Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune (the nearly sideways rotation of) Pluto

Synodic Period = "Day" 175.940 days - 116.75 days 24 hr 0 min 0 sec 29.53 days 24 hr 39 min 35.24 sec 9 hr 55 min 33 sec 10 hr 32 min 36 sec - 17 hr 14 min 23 sec 16 hr 6.6 min - 6 days 9 hr 17.0 min