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Saturn

1.15. Numerical Data (Part 1)

If something about Saturn can be expressed in numbers, it is probably here. Wherever possible, units are expressed as the standard SI unit.

Bulk Parameters

Mass 5.6876 x 1026kg
Volume 8.2713 x 1014km3
Radius (1 bar level)
  Equatorial
    Polar
6.0268 x 107m
5.4364 x 107m
Volumetric Mean Radius 5.8232 x 107m
Ellipticity 0.0980
Average Density 687 kg/m3
Acceleration due to Gravity (e.g. 1 bar) 8.96m/s2
Escape Velocity 3.55 x 104 m/s
GM 37.931 x 106km3/s2
Band Albedo 0.75
Visual Albedo 0.47
Visual Magnitude V(1,0) -8.88
Solar Irradiance 15.0 W/m2
Black-Body Temp 63.9 K
Moment of Inertia 0.210 I/MR2
J2 16 298 x 10-6
Oblateness 0.09796

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Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis 1.4268 x 1012m
9.5349492 AU
Sidereal Orbit Period 10759.22 days
29.423519 years
Tropical Orbit Period 10746.94 d
Pelihelion 1347.6 x 109m
Aphelion 1506.4 x 109m
Synodic Period 378.09 d
Mean Orbital Velocity 9.66 x 103m/s
Orbit Inclination 2.48446 degrees
Orbit Eccentricity 0.05415060
Siderial Rotation Period 10.500 h
Obliquity to Orbit 26.73 degrees
Mean Motion 0.0334979 degrees/day
Solar Distance - mean 1430 x 109m
9.56 AU
Solar Distance - min 1350 x 109m
9.02 AU
Solar Distance - max 1510 x 109m
10.09 AU

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