PLANET 06 / 08
Saturn
✨Look at those rings!
The ringed jewel -- ice and rock particles orbiting in delicate bands.
Diameter
0 km
Across the equator
Distance
0.00 AU
From the Sun
Day length
10.7 hours
One rotation
Year length
29.4 Earth years
One orbit
Moons
146+
Natural satellites
Temperature
~-140 C
Surface / cloud tops
Size vs Earth
Relative diameters (Earth = 1.00x)
Saturn
9.45x
Earth
1.00x
Orbit sketch
Cute relative order around the Sun
Key facts
- 01Saturn's rings span hundreds of thousands of kilometers but are thin.💫
- 02It is less dense than water -- it would float in a giant bathtub.🪐
- 03Titan, its largest moon, has lakes of liquid methane.🔭
Planet and sky textures based on Solar System Scope (www.solarsystemscope.com/textures), licensed CC-BY 4.0. NASA fact references.