Saturn

From Avalon
Saturn
Saturn as seen by the Cassini orbiter, July 2008
Star, PositionSol, VI
Moon(s)82, including:
  • Titan
  • Rhea
  • Iapetus
  • Dione
  • Tethys
  • Enceladus
  • Mimas
Artificial satellite(s)SHOSS (Saturn High Orbital Space Station)
Diameter116,460 km
Length of day10.199 hours
Length of year29.4571 earth years
(10,759.22 earth days)
Atmosphere composition
  • 96.3% hydrogen (H2)
  • 3.25% helium (He)
  • 0.45% methane (CH4)
Mean temperature−139 °C (−218.2 °F)
AdjectiveSaturnian
Population~14,000 (orbit and high atmosphere)
Government Saturn Democratic Syndicate
Republic of Titan

Saturn is the sixth planet from Sol and the second-largest in the Sol System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about nine and a half times that of Earth. Saturn is a major trading port in the Sol system, being home to the largest gas mining stations in the Orion Arm. Along with its moons, it was first settled in the 2080s, primarily for mining purposes.

Etymology

Physical characteristics

Size and shape

Chemical composition

Internal structure

Gravitational field

Magnetic field

Ring system

Orbit and rotation

Rotation

Orbit

Axial tilt