Saturn
Some worlds need no introduction.
A pale gold giant surrounded by rings of countless icy particles. Saturn is an entire system of worlds, from ring-sculpting moons to hazy Titan and ocean-bearing Enceladus.
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Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute. Processed mission imagery; apparent color varies with filters and processing.
Saturn compared with Earth
Its equatorial diameter is 9.45 times Earth’s. Its mass is 95.14 times Earth’s, while its orbital period is 29.43 Earth years.
The reference gravity is about 9 m/s². These rounded values include the reference conventions used in NASA’s fact sheet; the ideal spherical gravity calculator can differ slightly.
A few good questions
How far is Saturn from the Sun?
Saturn has a mean orbital distance of about 1,432 million kilometers, or 9.57 AU. Its actual distance varies through its elliptical orbit.
How long is a year on Saturn?
An orbit takes approximately 10,747 Earth days. The orbit simulator lets you see how distance affects the length of a year.