Saturn
Saturn bears a marked resemblance to Jupiter, but its ring system outranks in splendor that of Jupiter. This ring system is even visible through a small telescope. Saturn is also a very primitive world with an enviroment deadly to human beings.
Through a telescope the ring system seems to be solid. It consists however of millions of peaces of rock.
Saturn is the only planet in our Solar system that will be able to float on water. The density of Saturn is only 680 kg/m³ (water=1000 kg/m³).
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Planetary Data of Saturn |
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Rotation Period (Equatorial) |
10 h 14 min |
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Average distance from sun |
1427 000 000 km |
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Sidereal Orbit Period |
10759 days |
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Sidereal Rotation Period |
hours |
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Average Orbital Velocity |
9.7 km/sec |
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Radius of Planet (Polar) |
53450 km |
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Radius of Planet (Equatorial) |
60330 km |
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Mass of Planet |
5.69 x 10²6 kg |
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Density of Planet |
680 kg/m³ |
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Temperature (Upper atmosphere) |
- 180ºC |
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Atmosphere |
Hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia, acetylene, ethane, phosphine, propane |
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Satellites |
Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe, 1980S28, 1980S27, 1980S26, 1980S3, 1980S1, 1980S13, 1980S25, 1980S6 |