Saturn Statistics

Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Saturn/Cronus

Diameter: 119,871 km (74,500 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 10.67 hrs

Mass: 568.5x10^24 kilograms (95 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 29.5 years

Density: 687 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 26^o 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: -170^o C (-274^o 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

Planetary Symbol:		Name in Roman/Greek Mythology:	Saturn/Cronus
Diameter:	119,871 km (74,500 miles)	Rotation Period about Axis:	10.67 hrs
Mass:	568.5x10^24 kilograms (95 x Earth's)	Revolution Period about the Sun:	29.5 years
Density:	687 kg/m^3	Tilt of Axis:	26^o 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:	-170^o C (-274^o 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

Saturn Image Archive

Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form

Comparative Orbital Statistics -- in table form

Actual Distance to Earth

News from NSF: A Newly Discovered Solar System Contains Scaled-Down Versions of Saturn and Jupiter (2/14/08)

Podcasts from NSF: Systemic Search

Last modified September 25, 2009 by Eduardo Araujo-Pradere.
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