The Ring Planet Saturn

Some Saturnian Facts
courtesy of NASA

Average Distance from the Sun1,426,725,400 km (metric)
885,904,700 miles (english)
Perihelion (closest)1,349,467,000 km (metric)
838,519,000 miles (english)
Aphelion (farthest)1,503,983,000 km (metric)
934,530,000 miles (english)
Equatorial Radius60,268 km (metric)
37,449 miles (english)
Equatorial Circumference378,675 km (metric)
235,298 miles (english)
Volume827,130,000,000,000 km3 (metric)
8.2713 x 1014 km3 (english)
Mass568,510,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg (metric)
Density0.70 g/cm3 (metric)
Surface Area43,466,000,000 km2 (metric)
16,782,000,000 miles2 (english)
Equatorial Surface Gravity7.207 m/s2 (metric)
23.64 ft/s2 (english)
Escape Velocity127,760 km/h (metric)
79,390 mph (english)
Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day)0.44401 Earth days (10.656 hours)
Sidereal Orbit Period (Length of Year)29.4 Earth years (10755.7 Earth days)
Mean Orbit Velocity34,821 km/h (metric)
21,637 mph (english)
Orbital Eccentricity0.0541506
Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic2.484°
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit26.73°
Orbital Circumference8,725,000,000 km (metric)
5,421,000,000 miles (english)
Effective Temperature-178° C (metric)
-288° F (english)
Atmospheric ConstituentsHydrogen, Helium
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