Planet
Saturn
TypePlanet
Mass5.683 × 10²⁶ kg
Diameter116,460 km
Orbital Radius1,434 million km
Orbital Period10,759 days
Rotation Period10.7 hours
Known Moons146
Surface Gravity10.44 m/s²
Average Temp-140 °C
AtmosphereH2 (96%), He (3%)
Discovered ByKnown since antiquity
About Saturn
Famous for its spectacular ring system made of ice and rock particles. A gas giant less dense than water. Its moon Titan has a thick atmosphere and liquid methane lakes. Enceladus has geysers that suggest a subsurface ocean. The rings span 282,000 km but are only about 10 meters thick.
Moons
Saturn has 146 known moons in total.
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