Saturn Statistics
 Mass (kg)5.688e+26 
 Mass (Earth = 1)9.5181e+01 
 Equatorial radius (km)60,268 
 Equatorial radius (Earth = 1)9.4494e+00 
 Mean density (gm/cm^3)0.69 
 Mean distance from the Sun (km)1,429,400,000 
 Mean distance from the Sun (Earth = 1)9.5388 
 Rotational period (hours)10.233 
 Orbital period (years)29.458 
 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec)9.67 
 Orbital eccentricity0.0560 
 Tilt of axis (degrees)25.33 
 Orbital inclination (degrees)2.488 
 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2)9.05 
 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec)35.49 
 Visual geometric albedo0.47 
 Magnitude (Vo)0.67 
 Mean cloud temperature-125°C 
 Atmospheric pressure (bars)1.4 
 Atmospheric composition
Hydrogen
Helium

97%
3% 

Ring Statistics
NameDistance*WidthThicknessMassAlbedo
D67,000 km7,500 km???
C74,500 km17,500 km?1.1x10^18 kg0.25
Maxwell Gap87,500 km270 km
B92,000 km25,500 km0.1-1 km2.8x10^19 kg0.65
Cassini Div117,500 km4,700 km?5.7x10^17 kg0.30
A122,200 km14,600 km0.1-1 km6.2x10^18 kg0.60
Encke gap133,570 km325 km
Keeler gap136,530 km35 km
F140,210 km30-500 km???
G165,800 km8,000 km100-1000 km6-23x10^6 kg?
E180,000 km300,000 km1,000 km??

*The distance is measured from the planet center to the start of the ring.

Moon Statistics
Moon#Radius
(km)		Mass
(kg)		Distance
(km)		DiscovererDate
 PanXVIII9.655?133,583M. Showalter1990
AtlasXV20x15?137,640R. Terrile1980
 PrometheusXVI72.5x42.5x32.52.7e+17139,350S. Collins1980
 PandoraXVII57x42x312.2e+17141,700S. Collins1980
 EpimetheusXI72x54x495.6e+17151,422R. Walker1966
 JanusX98x96x752.01e+18151,472A. Dollfus1966
 MimasI1963.80e+19185,520W. Herschel1789
 EnceladusII2508.40e+19238,020W. Herschel1789
 TethysIII5307.55e+20294,660G. Cassini1684
 TelestoXIII17x14x13?294,660B. Smith1980
 CalypsoXIV17x11x11?294,660B. Smith1980
 DioneIV5601.05e+21377,400G. Cassini1684
 HeleneXII18x16x15?377,400Laques-Lecacheux1980
 RheaV7652.49e+21527,040G. Cassini1672
 TitanVI2,5751.35e+231,221,850C. Huygens1655
 HyperionVII205x130x1101.77e+191,481,000W. Bond1848
 IapetusVIII7301.88e+213,561,300G. Cassini1671
 PhoebeIX1104.0e+18 12,952,000W. Pickering1898
 Possible New Satellites of Saturn

Saturn Data Aquired From Views of the Solar System
by Calvin J. Hamilton

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