Closest approach to earth
34,600,000 miles
Mean distance from the sun
141,600,000 miles
Mean distance from the sun
141,600,000 miles
Period of rotation around the sun
1.88089 years
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
Visual magnitude at mean opposition
2.01
Ma**
0.10174
Density
3.93
"O Fortuna
Velut Luna"
Statu variabilis,
("O Fortune
Like the Moon"
You are changeable,)
Diameter
0.532
Inclination of equator to orbit
24.936 degrees
Gravitational escape velocity
3.121 miles per hour
Inclination