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SATURN
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN:
MEAN 887,500,000 mi. (1,428,300,000 km.)
SHORTEST 838,000,000 mi. (1,349,000,000 km.)
GREATEST 937,000,000 mi. (1,508,000,000 km.)
CLOSEST APPROACH TO EARTH 793,000,000 mi. (1,276,000,000 km.)
LENGTH OF YEAR (EARTH-DAYS) 10,759
AVERAGE ORBITAL SPEED 6 mi. per sec. (10 km. per sec.)
DIAMETER AT EQUATOR 75,100 mi. (120,900 km.)
ROATION PERIOD 10 hrs. 14 min.
TILT OF AXIS (DEGREE) 27
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE Unknown; probably lower than -240°F.
(-151° C.)
ATMOSPHERE:
PRESSURE 15 lbs. per sq. in. (?)
(1 kg per cm2) (?)
GASES HYDROGEN, HELIUM, METHANE, AMMONIA (?)
MASS (EARTH=1) 95
DENSITY (WATER=1) 0.68
GRAVITY (EARTH=1) 1.16
NUMBER OF SATELLITES 1O
SATURN'S SATELLITES
MEAN SIDEREAL VISUAL
NAME DISTANCE PERIOD MAGNITUDE RADIUS DISCOVERY
(10³ mi.) days hr min (miles)
JANUS 100 0 17 59 14 Dollfus 1966
MIMAS 116 0 22 37 12.1 150 Herschel 1789
ENCELADUS 148 1 08 53 11.8 200 Herschel 1789
TETHYS 183 1 21 18 10.3 310 Cassini 1684
DIONE 234 2 17 41 10.4 275 Cassini 1684
RHEA 327 4 12 25 9.8 Var. 470 Cassini 1672
TITAN 760 15 22 41 8.4 1,500 Huygens 1655
HYPERION 920 21 06 38 14.2 50 W. Bond 1848
IAPETUS 2,210 79 07 56 11.0 Var. 250 Cassini 1671
PHOEBE 8,030 550 11 R 14.7 50 Pickering 1898