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Planet Information Table

DISTANCE ORBITAL
FROM SUN PERIOD
NAME (millions of mi/km) (in Earth years)
MERCURY 36 / 58 0.2
VENUS 67 / 108 0.6
EARTH 93 / 150 1.0
MARS 142 / 228 1.9
CERES* 260 / 420 4.6
JUPITER 484 / 778 11.9
SATURN 884 / 1423 29.5
URANUS 1783 / 2869 84
NEPTUNE 2792 / 4492 164.8
PLUTO* 4650 / 7500 248
ERIS* 9114 / 14,700 557
*Dwarf planet
**Known as of July 2006

Annual Meteor Showers

Shower Date
January 3
Quadrantids
Lyrids April 22
Eta Aquarids May 5
Delta Aquarids July 28
Perseids August 12
Orionids October 22
Taurids November 3
Leonids November 17
Geminids December 14
Ursids December 23
Dates can vary slightly. Hourly rate represents the number of meteors you might see under a
dark sky when the radient is near the zenith. Expect to see perhaps half as many more if the
shower is strong.
Source: Skywatching by David H. Levy (Time-Life Books, 1994-98).
ROTATION SIZE MASS
PERIOD RELATIVE RELATIVE
(hours in day) TO EARTH TO EARTH MOONS** RINGS
1416 0.39 X 0.06 X 0
5833 0.95 X 0.8 X 0
24 1 X 1 X 1
25 0.53 X 0.1 X 2
9 0.08 X 0.0002 X 0
10 11.2 X 318 X 63
10 9.4 X 95 X 56
17 4.0 X 15 X 27
16 3.8 X 17 X 13
153 0.2 X 0.002 X 3
7 0.2 X 0.003 X 1
Hourly Parent comet
40 Asteroid 2003 EH1
15 Comet Thatcher
20 Comet Halley
20 (Unknown)
50 Comet Swift-Tuttle
25 Comet Halley
15 Comet Encke
15 Comet Temple-Tuttle
50 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
20 Comet Tuttle
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Planet Position Tables

2007 Jan Feb
Venus Cap Pis
Mars Sag Sag
No
Jupiter Oph Oph Oph Oph
No
Saturn Leo Leo
No
2008 Jan Feb
No
Venus Sag Cap
No
Mars Tau Tau
Yes
Jupiter Sag Sag
Yes
Saturn Leo Leo
Yes
2009 Jan Feb
Yes
Venus Aqr Pis
No
Mars Sag Cap
No
Jupiter Cap Cap
Saturn Leo Leo
2010 Jan Feb
Venus Sag Aqr
Mars Can Can
Jupiter Aqr Aqr
Saturn Vir Vir
2011 Jan Feb
Venus Oph Sgr
Mars Cap Cap
Jupiter Psc Psc
Saturn Vir Vir
2012 Jan Feb
Venus Aqr Psc
Mars Vir Leo
Jupiter Ari Ari
Saturn Vir Vir
2013 Jan Feb
Venus Sgr Cap
Mars Cap Aqr
Jupiter Tau Tau
Saturn Lib Lib
2014 Jan Feb
Venus Sgr Sgr
Mars Vir Vir
Jupiter Gem Gem Gem Gem
Saturn Lib Lib
Source: Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles.
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Ari Tau Gem Can Leo Sag
Cap Aqr Pis Pis Ari Tau
Oph Oph Oph Oph
Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Aqr Pis Tau Gem Can Vir
Gem Gem Can Leo Leo Vir
Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag Sag
Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Aqr Pis Pis Ari Tau Gem
Aqr Pis Pis Ari Tau Tau
Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap Cap
Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo Leo
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Pis Ari Tau Can Leo Vir
Can Can Leo Leo Leo Vir
Aqr Aqr Pis Pis Pis Pis
Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Cap Aqr Psc Tau Gem Leo
Aqr Psc Ari Tau Tau Gem Cnc
Psc Psc Psc Ari Ari Ari
Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Ari Tau Tau Tau Tau Gem Cnc
Leo Leo Leo Leo Vir Vir
Ari Ari Tau Tau Tau Tau
Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Aqr Ari Tau Gem Leo Vir
Psc Psc Ari Tau Gem Gem Cnc
Tau Tau Tau Tau Gem Gem Gem Gem
Lib Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Cap Aqr Psc Ari Tau Cnc
Vir Vir Vir Vir Vir Lib
Gem Gem Cnc Cnc
Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib Lib
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Sep Oct Nov Dec
Can Leo Vir Lib
Tau Gem Gem Gem
Oph Oph Oph Sag
Leo Leo Leo Leo
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Vir Sco Sag Cap
Vir Vir Sco Oph
Sag Sag Sag Sag
Leo Leo Leo Leo
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Leo Vir Lib Oph
Gem Can Can Leo
Cap Cap Cap Cap
Vir Vir Vir Vir
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Vir Lib Vir Lib
Vir Lib Oph Sag
Pis Pis Aqr Aqr
Vir Vir Vir Vir
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Vir Lib Oph Sgr
Cnc Leo Leo
Ari Ari Ari Psc
Vir Vir Vir Vir
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Leo Vir Lib
Lib Sco Sgr Sgr
Tau Tau Tau Tau
Vir Vir Vir Vir
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Vir Oph Sgr Sgr
Leo Leo Vir
Gem Gem
Lib Lib Lib Lib
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Leo Vir Lib Sgr
Sco Oph Sgr Cap
Cnc Leo Leo Leo
Lib Lib Lib Lib