August 6, 2003

Saturn's vital statistics

Saturn's vital statistics
  Saturn Earth Saturn/Earth Ratio
Equatorial diameter 120,400 km 12,756 km 9.44
Mass 568.4 x 1021 t 5.9 x 1021 t 95
Mean density 0.69 5.52 0.13
Rotation period 10 h 39 min 23 h 56 min 0.45
Revolution period (Saturnian year) 10,759 days or 29.4 Earth years 365 Earth days 29.4
Length of a solar day 10 h 14 min 24 h 0.41
Surface gravity 10.44 m/s2 9.8 m/s2 1.06
Natural satellites 31 1 ---
Ring system Yes No ---
Orbit
Aphelion 1,514 million km 152 million km 9.96
Perihelion 1,352 million km 147 million km 9.20
Furthest distance from Earth 1,658 million km --- ---
Closest distance to Earth 1,195 million km --- ---

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