Category : Science and Education
Archive   : ACE120-1.ZIP
Filename : PLAINF.DAT
MERCURY, 0.387, 57.9, 0.24,116,0.206, 7.0, 47.9, 4 878 ,0 , 0.055 274,5.43, 0.38 , 4.3 , 58.646 , 0.0,0.106, 0
VENUS, 0.723, 108.2, 0.62,584,0.007, 3.4, 76.3, 12 104 ,0 , 0.815 005,5.24, 0.91 , 10.4 ,243.017 ,177.3,0.65 , 0
EARTH, 1.000, 149.6, 1.00,- ,0.017, 0.0, 0.0, 12 756 ,1/298, 1.000 000,5.52, 1.00 , 11.2 , 0.997 3, 23.4,0.37 , 1
MARS, 1.524, 227.9, 1.88,780,0.093, 1.8, 49.2, 6 787 ,1/193, 0.107 447,3.94, 0.38 , 5.0 , 1.026 0, 25.2,0.15 , 2
JUPITER, 5.203, 778.3, 11.86,399,0.048, 1.3,100.0, 142 800 ,1/15 ,317.833 ,1.33, 2.54 , 59.6 , 0.410 1, 3.1,0.52 ,16
SATURN, 9.539,1 427.0, 29.46,378,0.056, 2.5,113.3, 120 000 ,1/9 , 95.159 ,0.70, 1.08 , 35.6 , 0.444 0, 26.7,0.47 ,17
URANUS,19.182,2 869.6, 84.01,370,0.047, 0.8, 73.8, 51 200 ,1/45 , 14.500 ,1.30, 0.91 , 21.3 , 0.718 , 97.9,0.51 ,15
NEPTUNE,30.058,4 496.6,164.79,367,0.009, 1.8,131.3, 48 600 ,1/40 , 17.204 ,1.76, 1.19 , 23.8 , 0.768 , 29.6,0.41 , 2
PLUTO,39.439,5 899.9,247.69,367,0.250,17.2,109.9, 3 000?,0? , 0.002 6? ,1.1?, 0.05?, 1.2?, 6.386 7,118? ,0.5? , 1
$
Field 1: Sun or planet
Field 2: Mean distance from sun (AU) [semi-major axis of orbital ellipse;
1 AU = 149.6 x 10^6 km]
Field 3: Mean distance from sun (x 10^6 km)
Field 4: Sidereal period of revolution (a) [day values converted to years
(1 y = 365.26 d)]
Field 5: Synodic period of revolution (d)
Field 6: Orbital eccentricity
Field 7: Inclination of orbital plane relative to ecliptic (deg)
Field 8: Longitude of node (deg)
Field 9: Equatorial diameter (km)
Field 10: Oblateness
Field 11: Mass (1 earth unit = 5.977 x 10^24 kg) [except for earth, includes
contribution from satellites]
Field 12: Mean density (g/cm^3) [mass divided by volume of sphere with
equivalent radius]
Field 13: Surface gravity at pole (1 earth unit = 9.8 m/s^2)
Field 14: Escape speed at pole (km/s)
Field 15: Rotation period (d)
Field 16: Inclination of equator to orbit (deg)
Field 17: Albedo
Field 18: Number of confirmed satellites
Values are from OBSERVER'S HANDBOOK 1987, p. 9.
Copyright 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 AstroSoft, Inc.
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/