USGS Astrogeology: Saturn

Saturn

Radius:
58,232 km

Mass:
5.69x10²⁶ kg

Orbital Period:
29.46 Earth years

Rotation Period:
0.436 Earth day

Distance from Sun:
1,426.94 million km

Saturn is the seventh planet from the Sun (counting dwarf planets). Saturn is most noted for its rings. It is orbited by Dione, Enceladus, Iapetus, Mimas, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Titan, and a number of other moons.

What's USGS Astro doing for the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan? Learn about our involvement in planning the mission and what we'll be doing in the months ahead as Cassini visits Saturn and its moons, and the Huygens Probe heads for the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Images from various Solar System exploration programs
Saturn Satellites Image Maps: Voyager Global Image Maps used for Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn
Browse the Solar System: Interactive version of our popular poster Mapping the Solar System
Browse the Geologic Solar System: Interactive version of our popular poster Geology of the Solar System
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Information about and access to the official International Astromical Union approved names for planetary features
Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements of the Planets and Satellites - IAU Working Group: IAU CCRE Working Group, information, publications, and references, including tables of the accepted values for the size, shape, and rotations of the planets and satellites
Regional Planetary Information Facility (RPIF): Information about the resources in our Regional Planetary Information Facility
For images, maps, data, and information about Saturn's moons, see the Dione, Enceladus, Iapetus, Mimas, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Titan, and Saturn's Smaller Moons. sections.

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