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Orbital characteristics | |
Physical characteristics |
Template: Planet | |
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Use on | Astronomy articles |
Use for | Infobox |
Category template applies to page | Planets |
Template Parameters (See using templates). | |||
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Name | Purpose | Required? | Comment |
name | Name | no | Defaults to page name |
image | Picture of body | no | just image name |
caption | Caption | no | optional image data |
symbol | Symbol | no | |
date | Date of discovery | no | |
discname | Name of discoverer | no | |
origname | Name origin | no | |
primary | Name of primary | no | |
order | Order from primary | no | |
periapsis | Periapsis | no | Closest approach |
apoapsis | Apoapsis | no | Farthest flight |
semimajor | Semi-major axis | no | Average of the two above |
orbitradius | Mean distance from primary | no | If not specified or different from above |
bode | Bode's Law prediction | no | Distance predicted by Bode's Law |
circumference | Orbital circumference | no | |
eccentricity | Orbital eccentricity | no | |
sidereal | Sidereal year/month/period | no | Time for one revolution |
synodic | Synodic year/month/period | no | Time for one Earthly zodiacal cycle |
orbitspeed | Orbital speed | no | Speed of body in its orbit |
inclination | Inclination | no | Inclination |
reference | Reference plane | no | Inclined to what plane? |
siderealday | Sidereal day | no | Time for one rotation |
solar day | Solar day | no | Time to display same face to sun |
rotatespeed | Rotational speed | no | Speed of rotation |
axialtilt | Axial tilt | no | Inclination of axis to orbit |
mass | Mass | no | |
diameter | Diameter | no | |
meanradius | Mean body radius | no | |
equatorradius | Equatorial radius | no | |
polarradius | Polar radius | no | |
surfacegrav | Surface gravity | no | |
escapespeed | Escape speed | no | |
surfacearea | Surface area | no | |
landarea | Land area | no | |
waterarea | Water area | no | |
mintemp | Minimum temperature | no | |
meantemp | Mean temperature | no | |
maxtemp | Maximum temperature | no | |
moons | Number of moons | no | |
composition | Composition | no | |
color | Color | no | |
albedo | Albedo | no | |
mfd | Magnetic flux density | no | |
pmdm | Magnetic moment, present | no | |
cmdm | Magnetic moment, creation | no | Per Humphreys model (1984) |
mdt | Magnetic decay time | no | |
mhl | Magnetic half-life | no |
Sample Data Block
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{{Planet | name= | image= | caption= | symbol= | date= | discname= | origname= | primary= | order= | periapsis= | apoapsis= | semimajor= | orbitradius= | circumference= | eccentricity= | sidereal= | synodic= | orbitspeed= | inclination= | reference= | siderealday= | solarday= | rotatespeed= | axialtilt= | mass= | density= | diameter= | meanradius= | equatorradius= | polarradius= | surfacegrav= | escapespeed= | surfacearea= | meantemp= | moons= | composition= | color= | albedo= | mfd= | pmdm= | cmdm= | mdt= | mhl= }}