Diameter of Saturn =74,900 Miles
Distance from Saturn to the Sun = 840,440,000 miles at its closest and 941,070,000 miles at its furthest.
Distance from Saturn to Earth = 739,680,000 miles at its closest.
One Rotation of Saturn takes = 10 Hours 39 Minutes. Saturn's extreme rotation speed causes the planets shape to bulge at its equator. The diameter of Jupiter at its equator is about 8,000 miles larger than it is at the poles.
One Orbit around the Sun takes = 10,759 Earth days (about 29-1/2 Years).
Atmosphere on Saturn = Most scientist believe Saturn is one large ball of gas with no solid surface, but there is reason to believe that Saturn has a solid, hot, inner core of iron and rocky materials. There is an outer core that is believed to be Ammonia, Methane and Water. Surrounding that outer core is a layer of highly compressed, liquid metallic hydrogen. Above this lies a layer of hydrogen and helium.
Speed of Travel during orbit = Approximately 21,675.91 MPH
Distance of Travel (one Orbit) = Approximately 5,597,065,734 Miles (Almost 5.6 Billion Miles)
Rings = There are 7 rings around Saturn, made up from thousands of smaller ringlets. These ringlets are made of billions of chunks of ice that range from the size of a particle of dust, to larger chunks about 10 feet across.
The largest ring can measure as much as 180,000 miles across. There is a space between the rings of about 2,000 miles. The thickness of the rings range from 6,60 feet to 9,800 feet.
Natural Satellites (Moons) = Saturn has 25 larger satellites that are at least 6 miles across and several other smaller satellites. The largest, Titan, is 3,200 miles in diameter. Titan is larger than two of the planets, Mercury and Pluto.
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