Saturn
Friday, April 26, 2024
Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. All four gas giant planets have rings -- made of chunks of ice and rock -- but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's. Like the other gas giants, Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium. -[NASA]
Changing Data
- Rises:
- 04:01:10
- Sets:
- 15:15:51
- Apparent Magnitude:
- 1.2
- Illumination:
- 100%
- Size (")
- 16.2
- Distance in light minutes:
- 85.7
- Distance in miles:
- 958,375,201
- Distance in AU:
- 10.31000
- Constellation:
- Aquarius
Orbital Data
- Rotational Period:
- 0.444
- Orbital Period:
- 29.447498
- Perihelion:
- 1.350 * 109 km
- Aphelion:
- 1.504 * 109 km
- Epoch:
- 1998.0000
- Inclination:
- 2.49°
- Semi-Major Axis:
- 1.427 * 109 km
- Orbit Circumference:
- 8.958 * 109 km
- Eccentricity:
- 0.05386179
- Ascending Node:
- 113.610°
- Axial Tilt:
- 26.7°
- Albedo:
- 47%
- Color BV:
- 1.04
- Color UV:
- 0.58
- Equatorial Diameter:
- 1.165 * 105 km
- Equatorial Circumference:
- 3.659 * 105 km
- Surface Area:
- 4.261 * 1010 km2
- Surface Gravity:
- 10.4 m/s2
- Surface Temperature:
- -178
- Mass:
- 5.683 * 1026 kg
- Volume:
- 8.27130 * 1014 km3
- Density:
- 0.687 g/cm3
- Absolute Magnitude:
- -8.88
Satellites (62)
- Mimas
- Enceladus
- Tethys
- Dione
- Rhea
- Titan
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Erriapus
- Phoebe
- Janus
- Epimetheus
- Helene
- Telesto
- Calypso
- Kiviuq
- Atlas
- Prometheus
- Pandora
- Pan
- Ymir
- Paaliaq
- Tarvos
- Ijiraq
- Suttungr
- Mundilfari
- Albiorix
- Skathi
- Siarnaq
- Thrymr
- Narvi
- Methone
- Pallene
- Polydeuces
- Daphnis
- Aegir
- Bebhionn
- Bergelmir
- Bestla
- Farbauti
- Fenrir
- Fornjot
- Hati
- Hyrrokkin
- Kari
- Loge
- Skoll
- Surtur
- Greip
- Jarnsaxa
- Tarqeq
- Anthe
- Aegaeon
- S/2004 S7
- S/2004 S12
- S/2004 S13
- S/2004 S17
- S/2006 S1
- S/2006 S3
- S/2007 S2
- S/2007 S3
- S/2009 S1