Appendix 3. The Solar System

The solar system has $1.0014$ solar masses, which amounts to about $2 \times 10^{30}\, \, \text{kg}$.

The Earth-Sun distance is $1 \, \text{AU} \simeq 500 \, \text{light second} \simeq 1.5 \times 10^{11}\, \, \text{m}$.

object	Sun	Mecury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptun
distance	$0.005$	$0.387098$	$0.723332$	$1$	$1.523679$	$5.2044$	$9.5826$	$19.2184$	$30.11$
radius	$109$	$0.3829$	$0.9499$	$1$	$0.533$	$11.209$	$9.449 $	$4.007$	$3.883$
mass	$333,000$	$0.055$	$0.815$	$1$	$0.107$	$317.8$	$95.159$	$14.536$	$17.147$
period		$0.240846$	$0.615198$	$1$	$2.1354$	$11.862$	$29.4571$	$84.0205$	$164.8$

Properties of Sun and planets of our solar system, provided in multiples of the Earth values. The distance referes to the semi-major axis in AU. For the sun the distance denotes the sun surface, i.e., its radius. }

object	Moon	Ceres	Pluto	Eris
distance	$0.00257$	$2.769$	$39.482$	$67.864$
radius	$0.2727$	$0.073$	$0.1868$	$0.1825$
mass	$0.0123$	$0.00016$	$0.00218$	$0.0028$
period	$0.08085$	$4.61$	$247.94$	$559.07$

Properties of the Moon and dwarf planets of our solar system. The properties of the Moon refer to its distrance to and period around Earth. Ceres is the largest object in the meteorite belt between Mars and Jupiter. Eris is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt that is larger in mass than Pluto.