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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Saturn
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|width="30%"|Name||align="right" width="30%"|Saturn
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
 
|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
 
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|79
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Physical parameters*
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|J2000 (1 January 2000)
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="50%"|5.685×10<sup>26</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|9.53707032 AU <br> (1.426725413×10<sup>12</sup> km)
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|width="30%"|Mean Radius||align="right" width="50%"|5.823×10<sup>7</sup> m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.05415060
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|width="30%"|Gravitational moments||align="right" width="50%"|J<sub>2</sub>=0.0164
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|2.48446° <br> (0.0433620 radian)
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|width="30%"|Siderial day||align="right" width="30%"|3.386<sup>4</sup> s
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|113.71504° <br> (1.984702 radian)
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|width="30%"|Orbital period||align="right" width="30%"|9.367×10<sup>8</sup> s<br>(224.65 days retrograde)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|92.43194° <br> (1.613242 radian)
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|width="30%"|Obliquity of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|28.05°
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|49.94432° <br> (0.871693 radian)
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|width="30%"|Atmosphere||align="right" width="30%"|Yes
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary orbital element centennial rates
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmosphere*
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00301530 AU/Century
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|width="30%"|Atmosphere model||align="right" width="30%"|Generic
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00036762 Century<sup>-1</sup>
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|754.0 KPa
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|6.11 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|0.7293 kg/m<sup>3</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|-1591.05 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Specific gas constant||align="right" width="30%"|174.92 J/(K kg)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|-1948.89 seconds/Century
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|width="30%"|Specific heat ratio||align="right" width="30%"|1.33
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|4401052.95 seconds/Century
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Osculating elements (ecliptic frame)*
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
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|width="30%"|Semi-major axis||align="right" width="30%"|1.4342×10<sup>12</sup> m
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|58232.0±6 km
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity||align="right" width="30%"|0.057696
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|5.6846272×10<sup>26</sup> kg
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|width="30%"|Inclination||align="right" width="30%"| 2.49°
 
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|width="30%"|Density||align="right" width="30%"|0.6873 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter 2016
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|10.65622 hours
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal orbit period||align="right" width="30%"|29.423519 years
 
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|width="30%"|Magnitude V(1,0)||align="right" width="30%"|-8.88
 
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|width="30%"|Geometric albedo||align="right" width="30%"|0.47
 
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|width="30%"|Equatorial gravity||align="right" width="30%"|8.96±0.01 m/s<sup>2</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|35.5 km/s
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|North pole right ascension (α)||align="right" width="30%"|40.14°
 
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|width="30%"|North pole declination (δ)||align="right" width="30%"|83.5°
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|28.05°
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of Sun's transit||align="right" width="30%"|349.39°
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmospheric parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|>>10<sup>4</sup> kPa
 
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|~0.19 at 1 bar
 
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|width="30%"|Scale height||align="right" width="30%"|59.5
 
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|width="30%"|Average temperature||align="right" width="30%"|~97 <br> ~134 at 1 bar
 
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|width="30%"|Wind speeds||align="right" width="30%"|up to 400 at 30° latitude <br> up to 150 else
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Ecliptic position from primary*
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)
 
 
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[[Category:Solar System]]
 
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