Saturn

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Saturn Data

Saturn - The bringer of old age from the Planet Suite - Holst

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Saturn is the second of the gas giants and is famous for its ring system. The planet, like Jupiter, consists of gas, but its atmospheric markings are not so prominent. There is a large divion in the rings named after the man who discovered it - Cassini. There is also a smaller division called the Enke divion for the same reason.
Below is an applet showing the current positions of Saturn's major moons.


Saturn - Planetary Data

Distance from Sun (millions of km):
Orbital Period (years):
Synodic period (days):
Rotational Period (equator):
Diameter (km):
Orbital eccentricity:
Orbital inclination (degrees):
Axial inclination (degrees):
Escape velocity (km/s):
Mass (Earth=1):
Volume (Earth=1):
Density (g/cm^3):
Surface gravity (Earth=1):
Surface Temp. (degrees centigrade):
Albedo:
Maximum magnitude:


1427
29.46
378.1
10h 13m 59s
120,536
0.056
2.5
26.4
32.26
95.2
744
0.71
1.16

-180
0.61
-0.3
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