|
Diameter/km
Mass/kg
mean density kg/m
Volume/km^3
Surface gravity
Escape velocity
Axial rotation period/h
Axial inclination
Distance from Sun
Eccentricity of orbit
Orbital period/days |
120536
568.5e+24
0.69e+3
82713e+10
8.96
35.5km/s
10.23
26.73³
1433.53e+6
0.056
10759.2 |
Rings were thought to be unique to Saturn until probes discovered that the other gas giants Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have rings. Its rings are divided into 3 main parts and are very thin, no more than a few hundred metres thick. Saturn is the only planet with a density less than water so in theory if it could be placed on an ocean large enough, it would float. Its low density combined with its fast rotation of 10 and a quarter hours course it to bulge at the equator more than any other planet, in fact its diameter is 10% greater than from pole to pole.
Like Jupiter landing on it represents the same problems because its hydrogen atmosphere is so thick and with temperatures of -160 degrees, although Saturn has a rocky core its difficult to land on its surface because its surface is hydrogen that has been compressed into liquid by its shear gravitational force. Humans could not live on Saturn but it is more likely to live on its moons.
| Moon name |
Mass kg |
Radius km |
| Mimas |
0.375 |
209zx196x191 |
| Enceladus |
0.65 |
256x247x245 |
| Tethys |
6.27 |
536x528x526 |
| Dione |
11.0 |
560 |
|
| Rhea |
23.1 |
764 |
| Titan |
1,345.5 |
2575 |
|
| Hyperion |
0.2 |
185x140x113 |
| Iapelus |
15.9 |
718 |
