File:Solar system planets a(AU) vs period(terrestrial years).svg

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Log-log plot of the semi-major axis (in Astronomical Units) versus the orbital period (in terrestrial years) for the eight planets of the Solar System.

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English: Log-log plot of the semi-major axis (in Astronomical Units) versus the orbital period (in terrestrial years) for the eight planets of the Solar System.
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Source Planetary Fact Sheet - Ratio to Earth Values. NASA.
Author Rubberduck
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from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams['svg.fonttype'] = 'none'
plt.rcParams['text.usetex'] = False

x = [0.241, 0.615,1,1.88,11.9,29.4,83.7,163.7]
y = [0.387, 0.723, 1, 1.52, 5.20, 9.58, 19.20, 30.05]
labels = ['Mercury', 'Venus', 'Earth', 'Mars', 'Jupiter', 'Saturn', 'Uranus', 'Neptune']

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10,6))
ax.loglog(x, y, 'bo', markersize=4)
for label, xx, yy in zip(labels, x, y):
    ax.annotate(label, 
                (xx, yy),
                textcoords="offset points",
                xytext=(-8,0),
                ha="right",
                bbox=dict(boxstyle="round", fill=None)
               )
ax.set_aspect(.5)
ax.grid(True)
ax.grid(True, 'minor', ls=':')
ax.set_xlim([.1,200])
ax.set_ylim([.2, 80])
ax.set_xlabel('Period (terrestrial years)', fontsize=13)
ax.set_ylabel('Semi-major axis (AU)', fontsize=13)
fig.savefig('solar.svg', transparent=True, bbox_inches='tight')

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current21:15, 12 October 2020Thumbnail for version as of 21:15, 12 October 2020769 × 336 (34 KB)Rowanc1 (talk | contribs)Changed the name of the planet "Jupyter" to Jupiter. See https://twitter.com/fperez_org/status/1311081298715312128
02:41, 20 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 02:41, 20 March 2020769 × 336 (34 KB)Krishnavedala (talk | contribs)fixed 10^{-1} tick label manually
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