Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest.
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| Average Distance from the Sun |
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| Metric: 1,426,725,400 km |
| English: 885,904,700 miles |
| Scientific Notation:
1.4267254 x 109 km
(9.53707 A.U.)
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| By Comparison: 9.53707 x Earth |
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| Metric: 1,349,467,000 km |
| English: 838,519,000 miles |
| Scientific Notation:
1.349467 x 109 km
(9.021 A.U.)
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| By Comparison: 9.177 x Earth |
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| Metric: 1,503,983,000 km |
| English: 934,530,000 miles |
| Scientific Notation:
1.503983 x 109 km
(10.054 A.U.)
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| By Comparison: 9.886 x Earth |
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| Metric: 60,268 km |
| English: 37,449 miles |
| Scientific Notation: 6.0268 x 104 km |
| By Comparison: 9.449 x Earth |
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| Metric: 378,675 km |
| English: 235,298 miles |
| Scientific Notation: 3.78675 x 105 km |
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| Metric: 827,130,000,000,000 km3 |
| Scientific Notation: 8.2713 x 1014 km3 |
| By Comparison: 763.6 x Earth |
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| Metric: 568,510,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg |
| Scientific Notation: 5.6851 x 1026 kg |
| By Comparison: 95.16 x Earth |
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| Metric: 0.70 g/cm3 |
| By Comparison: 0.127 x Earth |
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| Metric: 43,466,000,000 km2 |
| English: 16,782,000,000 square miles |
| Scientific Notation: 4.3466 x 1010 km2 |
| By Comparison: 85.22 x Earth |
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| Equatorial Surface Gravity |
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| Metric: 7.207 m/s2 |
| English: 23.64 ft/s2 |
| By Comparison: If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 74 pounds on Saturn. |
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| Metric: 127,760 km/h |
| English: 79,390 mph |
| Scientific Notation: 35,490 m/s |
| By Comparison: Escape velocity of Earth is 25,022 mph. |
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| Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day) |
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| 0.44401 Earth days |
| 10.656 hours |
| By Comparison: .0445 x Earth |
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| Sidereal Orbit Period (Length of Year) |
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| 29.4 Earth years |
| 10755.7 Earth days |
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| Metric: 34,821 km/h |
| English: 21,637 mph |
| Scientific Notation: 9,672.4 m/s |
| By Comparison: 0.865 x Earth |
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| .0541506 |
| By Comparison: 3.24 x Earth |
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| Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic |
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| Equatorial Inclination to Orbit |
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| 26.73 degrees |
| By Comparison: 1.14 x Earth |
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| Metric: 8,725,000,000 km |
| English: 5,421,000,000 miles |
| Scientific Notation: 8.725 x 109 km |
| By Comparison: 9.439 x Earth |
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| Metric: -178 °C |
| English: -288 °F |
| Scientific Notation: 95 K |
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| Hydrogen, Helium |
| Scientific Notation: H2, He |
| By Comparison: Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of N2 and O2. |
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