Closest approach to earth
34,600,000 miles
Mean distance from the sun
141,600,000 miles
Period of rotation around the sun
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Sidereal rotation period
24 hours,37 minutes, 22.66 seconds
Mean surface atmospheric temperature
-23 degrees
Visual albedo
0.159
Pole star bd 52
Degrees 2880
Official magnitude at opposition
-2.01
Mass
0.01017
Density
3.5
Latin
'o fortuna
Velut luna'
Statu variabilis,
(translation:
'o fortune
Like the moon'
You are changeable, )
Diameter
0.532
Inclination for equator
24.936 degrees
Gravitational escape velocity
3121 miles per hour
Inclination from equator