Gas Giant
Saturn
Saturn is currently about 1,293,643,976 kilometres from Earth, or 8.647 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 71.9 minutes out. It is 9.445 astronomical units from the Sun.
The jewel of the system, encircled by a breathtaking system of icy rings spanning thousands of kilometers yet only meters thick in places.
No mission has visited since Cassini ended in 2017. Dragonfly is slated to launch for Titan in 2028.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 1,293,643,976 km (8.647 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 1,412,955,508 km (9.445 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 71.9 minutes
The body
- Mean radius
- 58,232 km
- Day
- 10.7 hours
- Year
- 29.4 years
- Moons
- 146 known