Saturn

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Saturn is a gas giant planet known for its extensive and prominent ring system, orbiting the Sun as one of the outer planets in our Solar System.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Saturn system 4
Saturnian system 2
Saturn (planet) 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gas giant
outer planet
planet
ringed planet
belongsToPlanetaryCategory Jovian planet
hasAlbedo 0.47
hasAtmosphericComponent ammonia
helium
methane
hasAtmosphericFeature banded cloud structure
hexagonal storm at north pole
polar vortices
strong zonal winds
hasAtmosphericPrimaryComponent hydrogen
hasAxialTilt_degrees 26.7
hasDiscoveryStatus known since antiquity
hasEffectiveTemperature_K 95
hasEquatorialDiameter_km 120536
hasEquatorialRadius_km 60268
hasEscapeVelocity_km_per_s 35.5
hasFlattening 0.09796
hasKnownMoonsApprox 145
hasLargestMoon Titan
hasMagneticField true
hasMagnetosphere true
hasMajorMoon Dione
Enceladus
Hyperion
Iapetus
Mimas
Rhea
Tethys
Titan
hasMass_kg 5.683e26
hasMassRelativeToEarth 95
hasMeanDensity_g_per_cm3 0.69
hasMeanDistanceFromSun_AU 9.5
hasMeanDistanceFromSun_km 1430000000
hasOrbitalPeriod_days 10759
hasOrbitalPeriod_years 29.5
hasOrderFromSun 6
hasPolarDiameter_km 108728
hasRingComponent A ring
B ring
C ring
D ring
E ring
F ring
G ring
hasRingComposition rocky material
water ice
hasRingGap Cassini Division
hasRingSystem Saturn rings
hasRotationPeriod_hours 10.7
hasShape oblate spheroid
hasSurfaceGravity_m_per_s2 10.44
hasSymbol
isNamedAfter Roman god Saturn
isVisibleToNakedEye true
orbits Sun
partOf Solar System
wasFirstVisitedBy Pioneer 11
wasOrbitedBy Cassini–Huygens
wasVisitedBy Voyager 1
Voyager 2

Referenced by (41)

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Cronus RomanEquivalent Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturnian system
this entity surface form: Saturn system
Punga Mare belongsToSystem Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturn system
subject surface form: Imaging Science System
Tethys catalogDesignation Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturn III
Voyager 2 firstFlybyOf Saturn
Pioneer 11 flyby Saturn
Voyager 1 flyby Saturn
Sol gravitationallyBinds Saturn
Solar System hasPlanet Saturn
Titan isLargestMoonOf Saturn
Kraken Mare locatedIn Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturn system
Tethys memberOf Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturnian system
Saturn I namedAfter Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturn (planet)
Hyperion orbits Saturn
Kraken Mare orbits Saturn
Phoebe orbits Saturn
Tethys orbits Saturn
Titan orbits Saturn
Dragonfly orbitsPrimary Saturn
Hyperion parentPlanet Saturn
Titan partOf Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturn system
Pioneer 11 primaryTarget Saturn
Hyperion satelliteOf Saturn
Micromégas setting Saturn
this entity surface form: Saturn rings
this entity surface form: Saturn magnetosphere
Cassini–Huygens target Saturn
Voyager program target Saturn