Natural Satellite
Enceladus
Enceladus is currently about 1,262,972,280 kilometres from Earth, or 8.442 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 70.2 minutes out. It is 9.432 astronomical units from the Sun.
A brilliant white ice moon that erupts plumes of water vapor from its south pole, feeding one of Saturn’s rings.
Its plumes make it a top astrobiology target for future missions.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 1,262,972,280 km (8.442 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,411,059,560 km (9.432 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 70.2 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 252 km
- Orbital radius
- 237,948 km
- Orbital period
- 1.37 days