Planets: Atmospheres
atm.
g
vesc distance albedo temperature press.
Planet (g )
atm. comp.
(K)
(
E (km/s) (A.U.) (%)
Earth's)
100 night,
-15
42% O2, 29% Na, 22% H2, 6% He, 0.5% K (note that it is essentially a vacuum)
Mercury 0.378 4.3 0.387 11.9
590725 day 10
96.5% CO2, 3.5% N2,
Venus 0.905 10.36 0.723
75
737
92
0.015% SO2, 0.007% Ar, 0.002% H2O, 0.002% CO, 0.001% He, 0.001% Ne
Earth
30.6
283 night,
293 day
1.000
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Mars
0.379 5.03
1.524
25.0
184 night,
242 day
0.004
0.009
5.203
34.3
165
>>1000
9.537
34.2
134
>>1000
76
>>1000
72
>>1000
40 to
CH4, N2
~50
3 x 10-6
60
Notes: Surface gravity g is given in Earth gravities (1 gE = 9.798 m/s2); escape velocity is vesc, albedo is the percent of ALL of the Sun's energy hitting the
planet that is reflected (100% would be perfect reflection); temperature and surface gravity for Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune are given at a depth
where the atmospheric pressure = 1 Earth atmosphere (1 bar); atmospheric pressure (atm. press.) is at the surface (>>1000 for the jovian planets).
Pluto
0.059 1.2
39.482
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