SATURN.
An unmistakable silhouette.
SCHEMATIC / NOT A SURFACE MAP
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The measured world
- Mean radius
- 58,232 km
- Mean diameter
- 116,464 km
- Mass
- 5.683e+26 kg
- Gravity
- 10.44 m/s²
- Escape velocity
- 35.5 km/s
- Mean temperature
- -140 °C
- Rotation period
- 10.656 Earth hours
- Orbital period
- 10,759.22 Earth days
- Mean distance from Sun
- 9.537 AU
Rounded reference values. Rotation is sidereal and differs from the solar day. Giant planets have no solid surface; temperature and gravity use atmospheric reference levels. Some moon counts are omitted because discoveries change them.
Compare with EarthA closer look
Its bright rings consist largely of icy particles.
Saturn has a lower average density than water.
Atmosphere
Mostly hydrogen and helium.
Discovery
Known since antiquity.