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Data Sets

Elements

atom(Element[, Property])

Retrieves data from the Elements data set for a given object and property. If "info" is typed as property, all properties of the object will be listed.

Arguments. 

  • Element: an object from "Elements" (use symbol, number, or name)

  • Property: name of a data property (symbol, number, name, class, or weight) (optional)

Properties. 

  • Symbol: symbol (key)

  • Number: number (key)

  • Name: name (key)

  • Classification: class

    A number representing an element group:

    1 Alkali Metal

    2 Alkaline-Earth Metal

    3 Lanthanide

    4 Actinide

    5 Transition Metal

    6 Metal

    7 Metalloid

    8 Non-Metal

    9 Halogen

    10 Noble Gas

    11 Transactinide

  • Weight: weight, mass

Planets

planet(Planet[, Property])

Retrieves data from the Planets data set for a given object and property. If "info" is typed as property, all properties of the object will be listed.

This data uses material from the Wikipedia articles

"Earth" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth),

"Jupiter (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(planet)),

"Mars (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(planet)),

"Mercury (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)),

"Neptune (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_(planet)),

"Pluto (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(planet)),

"Saturn (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet)),

"Uranus (planet)" (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_(planet)), and

"Venus (planet)" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(planet)),

licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)

Arguments. 

  • Planet: an object from "Planets" (use name)

  • Property: name of a data property (name, year, speed, eccentricity, inclination, satellites, mass, density, area, gravity, or temperature) (optional)

Properties. 

  • Name: name (key)

  • Orbital Period (Year): year

  • Average Orbital Speed: speed

  • Eccentricity: eccentricity

  • Inclination: inclination

  • Number of Satellites: satellites

  • Mass: mass

  • Mean Density: density

  • Surface Area: area

  • Equatorial Gravity: gravity

  • Mean Surface Temperature: temperature