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Saturn
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Physical characteristics
   
 Equatorial diameter
120,536 km
 Polar diameter
108,728 km
 Oblateness
0,097 96
 Surface area
4,27×1010 km2
 Volume
8,27×1014 km3
 Mass
5,6846×1026 kg
 Mean density
0,6873 g/cm3
 Equatorial gravity
8,96 m/s2
 Escape velocity
35,49 km/s
 Rotation period
10 h 47 min 6 s
 Rotation velocity
9,87 km/s
 Axial tilt
26,73°
 Right ascension
 of North pole
40,59°
 Declination
83,54°
 Albedo
0,47
 Avg. cloudtop temp.
93 K
 Surface temp.
min mean max
82 K 143 K N/A K

 

Orbital characteristics (Epoch J2000)
   
 Semi-major axis
1,426,725,413 km
 Orbital circumference
8,958 Tm
 Eccentricity
0,054 150 60
 Perihelion
1,349,467,375 km
 Aphelion
1,503,983,449 km
 Orbital period
29,45 a
 Synodic period
378,10 d
 Avg. orbital speed
9,639 km/s
 Max. orbital speed
10,183 km/s
 Min. orbital speed
9,137 km/s
 Inclination
2,484 46°
 Longitude of the
 ascending node
113,715 04°
 Argument of the
 perihelion
338,716 90°
 Number of satellites
56 confirmed
 
 
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