(840 million miles)
(938 million miles)
(746 million miles)
| Planetary Symbol: | |
Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: | Saturn/Cronus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter: | 119,871 km (74,500 miles) | Rotation Period about Axis: | 10.67 hrs |
| Mass: | 586.5x10^24 kilograms (95 x Earth's) | Revolution Period about the Sun: | 29.5 years |
| Density: | 687 kg/m^3 | Tilt of Axis: | 26o 42" |
| Minimum Distance from Sun: | 1.35 billion km (840 million miles) |
Surface Gravity: | 8.96 m/s^2 (0.92 x Earth's) |
| Maximum Distance from Sun: | 1.5 billion km (938 million miles) |
Temperature at Cloud Tops: | -170o C (-274o F) |
| Orbital Semimajor Axis: | 9.53 AU (Earth=1 AU) | Average Cloud Top Temperature (K): | 103K |
| Minimum Distance from Earth: | 1.2 billion km (746 million miles) |
Satellites/Rings: | known moons, many rings |
Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form
Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form
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Last modified March 13, 2008 by Becca Hatheway.
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