| Closest approach to earth | |
| 34,600,000 miles | |
| Mean distance from the sun | |
| 141,600,000 miles | |
| Period of rotation around the sun | |
| ************ | |
| 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 |