Orbit and Rotation of Saturn - Planet Facts
WEBThe average orbital speed of Saturn is 9.69 km/s. It takes the earth 365 days to orbit the sun, Saturn takes 10,759 Earth days (or about 29½ years), to revolve around the sun; a year on Saturn is equivalent to 29.5 Earth years. …
Saturn Facts - Science@NASA
WEBOrbit and Rotation. Saturn has the second-shortest day in the solar system. One day on Saturn takes only 10.7 hours (the time it takes for Saturn to rotate or spin around once), and Saturn makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Saturnian time) in about 29.4 Earth years (10,756 Earth days).
Saturn - Wikipedia
WEBSaturn orbits the Sun at a distance of 9.59 AU (1,434 million km), with an orbital period of 29.45 years. Saturn's interior is thought to be composed of a rocky core, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, and an outer layer of gas.
In Depth | Saturn – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBOrbit and Rotation. Saturn has the second-shortest day in the solar system. One day on Saturn takes only 10.7 hours (the time it takes for Saturn to rotate or spin around once), and Saturn makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Saturnian time) in about 29.4 Earth years (10,756 Earth days).
The Orbit of Saturn. How Long is a Year on Saturn?
WEBMay 6, 2020 · With an average orbital speed of 9.69 km/s, it takes Saturn 29. 457 Earth years (or 10,759 Earth days) to complete a single revolution around the Sun. In other words, a year on Saturn lasts...
Saturn - NASA Science
WEBSaturn has 146 officially recognized moons in its orbit, more than any other planet. Saturn's moons range in size from Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury – to a moon that's as small as a sports arena.
Saturn | Facts, Size, Temperature, Atmosphere, Color, Rings,
WEB1 day ago · Like Jupiter and most of the other planets, Saturn has a regular orbit —that is, its motion around the Sun is prograde (in the same direction that the Sun rotates) and has a small eccentricity (noncircularity) and inclination to the ecliptic, the plane of Earth’s orbit.
Saturn Fact Sheet - NSSDCA
WEBJan 11, 2024 · Saturnian Magnetosphere. Saturn's magnetic field has significant quadrapole and octapole moments, making approximation of the central field as an offset dipole difficult. Rs denotes Saturnian model radius, defined here to be 60,330 km.
Saturn | Science – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Saturn is nearly 10 times farther from the sun than Earth and takes far longer to orbit the sun – about 29 Earth years. Saturn’s axis of rotation is tilted like Earth’s, and so it too has seasons, but the longer year produces seasons that …
Saturn: Exploration - Science@NASA
WEBJuly 1, 2004: NASA's Cassini spacecraft becomes the first to orbit Saturn, beginning a decade-long mission that revealed many secrets and surprises about Saturn and its system of rings and moons. Jan. 14, 2005: The European Space Agency's Huygens probe is the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the surface of another planet's moon ...
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