(M.Cretu.)
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Closest approach to earth
34,600,000 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

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