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Brown Printing
609 W. Glen, Peoria 61614
Mass (kg)........................................... 4.87 x 10^24 Diameter (km)....................................... 12104 Mean density (kg/m^3) .............................. 5250 Escape velocity (m/sec)............................. 10400 Average distance from Sun (AU)...................... 0.723 Rotation period (length of day) (in Earth days)..... 243.0 (retrograde) Revolution period (length of year) (in Earth days).. 224.7 Obliquity (tilt of axis) (degrees).................. 178 Orbit inclination (degrees)......................... 3.39 Orbit eccentricity.................................. 0.007 Mean surface temperature (K)........................ 726 Visual geometric albedo............................. 0.59 Highest point on surface............................ Maxwell Montes (17 km above mean planetary radius) Atmospheric components.............................. 96% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 0.1% water vapor Surface materials................................... basaltic rock and altered materials(Information from the California Institute of Technology)
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