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| Discovered By | Known by the Ancients | ||
| Date of Discovery | Unknown | ||
| Average Distance from the Sun | 1,426,725,400 km | 1.4267254 x 109 km (9.53707 A.U.) | 9.53707 x Earth |
| Perihelion (closest) | 1,349,467,000 km | 1.349467 x 109 km (9.021 A.U.) | 9.177 x Earth |
| Aphelion (farthest) | 1,503,983,000 km | 1.503983 x 109 km (10.054 A.U.) | 9.886 x Earth |
| Equatorial Radius | 60,268 km | 6.0268 x 104 km | 9.449 x Earth |
| Equatorial Circumference | 378,675 km | 3.78675 x 105 km | - |
| Volume | 827,130,000,000,000 km3 | 8.2713 x 1014 km3 | 763.6 x Earth |
| Mass | 568,510,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg | 5.6851 x 1026 kg | 95.16 x Earth |
| Density | 0.70 g/cm3 | - | 0.127 x Earth |
| Surface Area | 43,466,000,000 km2 | 4.3466 x 1010 km2 | 85.22 x Earth |
| Equatorial Surface Gravity | 7.207 m/s2 | - | If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 74 pounds on Saturn |
| Escape Velocity | 127,760 km/h | 35,490 m/s | Escape velocity of Earth is 25,022 mph |
| Sidereal Rotation
Period (Length of Day) |
0.44401 Earth days 10.656 hours | - | .0445 x Earth |
| Sidereal Orbit Period
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29.4 Earth years 10755.7 Earth days | - | - |
| Mean Orbit Velocity | 34,821 km/h | 9,672.4 m/s | 0.865 x Earth |
| Orbital Eccentricity | .0541506 | - | 3.24 x Earth |
| Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic | 2.484 degrees | - | - |
| Equatorial Inclination to Orbit | 26.73 degrees | - | 1.14 x Earth |
| Orbital Circumference | 8,725,000,000 km | 8.725 x 109 km | 9.439 x Earth |
| Effective Temperature | -178 °C | 95 K | |
| Atmospheric Constituents | Hydrogen, Helium | H2, He | Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of N2 and O2 |
| natural satelites | 1. Pan 2. Atlas 3. Prometheus 4. Pandora 5. Epimetheus 6. Janus 7. Mimas 8. Enceladus 9. Tethys 10. Telesto 11. Calypso 12. Dione 13. Polydeuces 14. Helene 15. Rhea 16. Titan 17. Hyperion 18. Iapetus 19. Phoebe 20. Ymir 21. Paaliaq 22. Siarnaq 23. Tarvos 24. Kiviuq 25. Ijiraq 26. Thrym 27. Skadi 28. Mundilfari 29. Erriapo 30. Albiorix 31. Suttung 32. S/2003 S1 33. S/2004 S1 34. S/2004 S2 | ||
