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A Light Year


Some basic stats on our sister planet...


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Length of Year 224 Earth days
Length of Day 243 Earth days
Diameter

12,102 km

0.9 x Earths
Mass 4.869e+24  Kg 0.81 x Earths
Orbit 108,200,000 Km 0.723 AU
Mean orbital velocity 35.02  km/sec
Average Day temperature 460° C
Average Night temperature 460° C
   
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