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Saturns' Statistics
Fun Fact: Saturn is 10 times farther from the Sun than Earth.
| Name |
Information |
| Diameter (polar) |
108,728 km. |
| Diameter (equatorial) |
120,536 km. |
| Distance from Sun |
1.427 billion km. |
| Speed around Sun |
9.66 km/h |
| Mass when Earth= 1 |
95 |
| Volume when Earth= 1 |
763.59 |
| Density when water= 1 |
.69 |
| Cloud top temperature |
-140 degrees Celsius |
| Number of Moons |
18 |
Saturns' MOons
Note: The following moons are put in order according to their distance from Saturn.
| Name |
Diameter (in km.) |
Distance to Saturn (in km.) |
Date of Discovery |
| Pan |
20 km. |
133,583 km. |
1990 |
| Atlas |
34 km. |
137,640 km. |
1980 |
| Prometheus |
100 km. |
139,350 km. |
1980 |
| Pandora |
88 km. |
141,700 km. |
1980 |
| Epimetheus |
110 km. |
151,422 km. |
1966 |
| Janus |
191 km. |
151,472 km. |
1966 |
| Mimas |
398 km. |
185,520 km. |
1789 |
| Enceladus |
498 km. |
238,020 km. |
1789 |
| Tethys |
1,060 km. |
294,660 km. |
1684 |
| Telesto |
25 km. |
294,660 km. |
1980 |
| Calypso |
16 km. |
294,660 km. |
1980 |
| Dione |
1,120 km. |
377,400 km. |
1684 |
| Helene |
32 km. |
377,400 km. |
1789 |
| Rhea |
1,528 km. |
527,040 km. |
1672 |
| Titan |
5,150 km. |
1,221,850 km. |
1655 |
| Hyperion |
280 km. |
1,481,100 km. |
1848 |
| Iapetus |
1,436 km. |
3,561,300 km. |
1671 |
| Phoebe |
220 km. |
12,952,000 km. |
1898 |
Atmosphere Composition
| Gas Name |
Percent |
| Hydrogen |
96.3% |
| Helium and other gases |
3.7% |
Layer's of Saturn's Atmosphere
| Level (space-crust) |
name |
| 1 |
white clouds |
| 2 |
dark orange clouds |
| 3 |
blue clouds |
Inner Saturn
| Level (atmosphere-core) |
Name |
| 1 |
Atmosphere |
| 2 |
layer of liquid hydrogen and helium |
| 3 |
layer of liquid metallic hydrogen and helium |
| 4 |
core of rock and ice |
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