زحل

Key facts

Planet.name

Saturn

Planet.symbol

24px|♄|class=skin-invert

Planet.image

300px

Planet.caption

Saturn and its prominent rings, as captured by the Cassini orbiter

Planet.background

Wheat

Planet.named_after

Saturn

Planet.adjectives

Saturnian , Cronian / Kronian

Planet.epoch

J2000.0

Planet.time_periastron

2032-Nov-29

Planet.synodic_period

378.09 days

Planet.satellites

285 with formal designations; innumerable additional moonlets.

Planet.circumference

(equatorial)

Planet.density

Earths

Planet.rotation

10 h 32 m 36 s; 10.5433 hours, 10 h 39 m; 10.7 hours

Planet.axial_tilt

26.73°

Planet.right_asc_north_pole

40.589°;

Planet.declination

83.537°

Planet.temp_name1

1 bar

via Wikipedia infobox

• Saturn: atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere.ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.) · 2010Gombosi TI, Ingersoll APDOI: 10.1126/science.1179119
• Geologic Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Saturn's Mid-Sized Moons.ReviewSpace science reviews · 2024Rhoden AR, Ferguson SN, Bottke W et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11214-024-01084-z
• An evolving view of Saturn's dynamic rings.ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.) · 2010Cuzzi JN, Burns JA, Charnoz S et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.1179118
• Saturn's F ring is intermittently shepherded by Prometheus.Science advances · 2024Cuzzi JN, Marouf EA, French RG et al.DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl6601
• Saturn's largest ring.Nature · 2009Verbiscer AJ, Skrutskie MF, Hamilton DPDOI: 10.1038/nature08515
• How Saturn got its tilt and its rings.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2022El Moutamid MDOI: 10.1126/science.abq3184
• Saturn's moon Mimas may have a vast hidden ocean.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Tillman NTDOI: 10.1073/pnas.2519269122
• Long-lasting, deep effect of Saturn's giant storms.Science advances · 2023Li C, de Pater I, Moeckel C et al.DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg9419

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Instance of

outer planet

Part of

outer Solar System

Has part

magnetosphere of Saturn

Named after

Wu Xing

Demonym

زُحَلِيٌّ

Area

42700000000

Location

outer Solar System

Parent body

Sun

Distance from Earth

1660000000

Diameter

120536

Radius

54364

Mass

568360

Orbital period

10757.7365

Image

8423 20181 1saturn2016.jpg

Speed

9.137

Significant event

planetary flyby

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