Facts About Saturn, the Ringed Planet in 3D
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Saturn at a glance
If Earth were the size of a nickel, Saturn would be about as big as a volleyball.
- Order from the Sun
- 6th of 8
- Type
- Gas giant
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,432 million km (9.57 AU)
- Diameter
- 120,536 km (9.45× Earth)
- Length of day
- 10.7 hours
- Length of year
- about 29.5 Earth years
- Moons
- 293
- Rings
- Yes
- Average temperature
- -140 °C (-220 °F)
- Gravity
- 92% of Earth's
- Axis tilt
- 26.7°
- Sunlight takes
- 80 minutes
On Saturn you would weigh about 73 (92% of your Earth weight). Your mass stays the same; only gravity changes.
Source: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet and NASA Science. Giant planets have no solid surface; gravity is given at the cloud tops.
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