Saturn

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Saturn
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Saturn in Orbiter
Designation
Name Saturn
Reference body Sun
Number of satellites 79
Physical parameters*
Mass 5.685×1026 kg
Mean Radius 5.823×107 m
Gravitational moments J2=0.0164
Siderial day 3.3864 s
Orbital period 9.367×108 s
(224.65 days retrograde)
Obliquity of ecliptic 28.05°
Atmosphere Yes
Atmosphere*
Atmosphere model Generic
Surface Pressure 754.0 KPa
Surface Density 0.7293 kg/m3
Specific gas constant 174.92 J/(K kg)
Specific heat ratio 1.33
Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)*
Semi-major axis 1.4342×1012 m
Eccentricity 0.057696
Inclination 2.49°
Note *Elements given are from Orbiter 2016

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is one of the four gas giant planets, along with Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.

Inside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.

Saturn has 79 known moons orbiting the planet; 53 are officially named. Which means that 26 are waiting to be officially named.[9] The largest moon is Titan, which is larger in volume than the planet Mercury. Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System. The largest moon is Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. There is also a very large system of rings around Saturn. These rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust. Some people believe that the rings were caused from a moon impact or other event. Saturn is about 1,400,000,000 km (869,000,000 mi) from the Sun. Saturn takes 29.6 Earth years to revolve around the Sun.

Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus (called Kronos in Greek mythology). Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus' sickle.

see also: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn

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Saturn's natural satellites

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Named Satellites: Aegaeon | Aegir | Albiorix | Alvaldi | Angrboda | Anthe | Atlas | Bebhionn | Beli | Bergelmir | Bestia | Calypso | Daphnis | Dione | Eggther | Enceladus | Epimetheus | Erriapus | Farbauti | Fenrir | Fornjot | Geirrod | Gerd | Greip | Gridr | Gunnlod | Hati | Helene | Hyperion | Hyrrokkin | Iapetus | Ijiraq | Janus | Jarnsaxa | Kari | Kiviuq | Loge | Methone | Mimas | Mundilfari | Narvi | Paaliaq | Pallene | Pan | Pandora | Phoebe | Polydeuces | Prometheus | Rhea | Siarnaq | Skathi | Skoll | Skrymir | Surtur | Suttungr | Tarqeq | Tarvos | Telesto | Tethys | ]]Thiazzi]] | Thrymr | Titan | Ymir

Numbered Satellites: S/2004 S7 | S/2004 S12 | S/2004 S13 | S/2004 S17 | S/2004 S21 | S/2004 S24 | S/2004 S26 | S/2004 S28 | S/2004 S29 | S/2004 S31 | S/2004 S34 | S/2004 S36 | S/2004 S37 | S/2004 S39 | S/2004 S40 | S/2004 S41 | S/2004 S42 | S/2004 S43 | S/2004 S44 | S/2004 S45 | S/2004 S46 | S/2004 S47 | S/2004 S48 | S/2004 S49 | S/2004 S50 | S/2004 S51 | S/2004 S52 | S/2004 S53 | S/2005 S4 | S/2005 S5 | S/2006 S1 | S/2006 S3 | S/2006 S9 | S/2006 S10 | S/2006 S11 | S/2006 S12 | S/2006 S13 | S/2006 S14 | S/2006 S15 | S/2006 S16 | S/2006 S17 | S/2006 S18 | S/2006 S19 | S/2006 S20 | S/2007 S2 | S/2007 S3 | S/2007 S5 | S/2007 S6 | S/2007 S8 | S/2007 S8 | S/2007 S9 | S/2009 S1 | S/2019 S1 | S/2019 S2 | S/2019 S3 | S/2019 S4 | S/2019 S5 | S/2019 S6 | S/2019 S7 | S/2019 S8 | S/2019 S9 | S/2019 S10 | S/2019 S11 | S/2019 S12 | S/2019 S13 | S/2019 S14 | S/2019 S15 | S/2019 S16 | S/2019 S17 | S/2019 S18 | S/2019 S19 | S/2019 S20 | S/2019 S21 | S/2020 S1 | S/2020 S2 | S/2020 S3 | S/2020 S4 | S/2020 S5 | S/2020 S6 | S/2020 S7 | S/2020 S8 | S/2020 S9 | S/2020 S10


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