Saturn Profile

Mass (kg) : 5.69 x 1026

Diameter (km) : 120660

Mean density (kg/m3) : 690

Escape velocity (m/s) : 35600

Average distance from Sun : 9.537 AU (1,426,725,400 km)

Rotation period (length of day in Earth days) : 0.44 (10.2 Earth hours)

Revolution period (length of year in Earth years) : 29.46

Obliquity (tilt of axis degrees) : 26.7

Orbit inclination (degrees) : 2.49

Orbit eccentricity (deviation from circular) : 0.056

Mean temperature (K) : 88 K (1 bar level)

Visual geometric albedo (reflectivity) : 0.46

Atmospheric components : 97% hydrogen, 3% helium, .05% methane

Rings : Rings are 270,000 km in diameter, but only a few hundred meters thick. Particles are centimeters to decameters in size and are ice (some may be covered with ice); there are traces of silicate and carbon minerals. There are four main ring groups and three more faint, narrow ring groups separated by gaps called divisions.

10 Responses to “Saturn Profile”

  1. diggy June 1st, 2010 at 2:57 am

    nice info

  2. jayden baker December 16th, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    saturb sucks

  3. bigcakk February 15th, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    thanks, need to know how long it would take to get there from earth though /:

  4. alyssa February 16th, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    Sateurn is like a sister to uranus!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!! ;D <3

  5. Ana March 17th, 2011 at 12:34 am

    Thanks need it for a project!!!!!!!!!! Did ya know saturn is a sister toearth but a father to Jupiter????

  6. jocelyn April 8th, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    thanks for tht needed it

  7. annie April 10th, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    thnks need it 4 a project ☺

  8. samantha April 29th, 2011 at 3:58 am

    haha thanks for the info on saturn i needed it for a prject in sicence! i luv saturn.!!(:

  9. choppa wm July 1st, 2011 at 3:58 am

    wow look at all the planets in the solar system

  10. joe shmoe November 6th, 2011 at 2:34 am

    i really like the black background on this page it’s so cliche


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