Saturn Comparison Table

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Saturn comparison table

Subject has rotation period at equator has equatorial diameter is an instance of has inclination has mean density has eccentricity has albedo has oblateness has been observ has obliquity has synodic period has temperature has sidereal period has mean distance from Sun has atmosphere composition has surface gravity has orbital velocity has composition is a kind of has number of satellite has apparent magnitude has mass has motion relative to star has rotation period at pole has synonym has definition has escape velocity

gas giant Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds planet greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass Jovian planet Giant planet that has a gaseous surface.

naked eye planet for many centuries various elements planet brighter than 5 greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass epicycloidal a planet in our solar system visible to the unaided eye

superior planet various elements planet greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).

Saturn 10^h14^m 116340 km naked eye planet i = 2°29'33" 0.7 g cm^-3 e = 0.056 0.50 0.1 for many centuries 26°44' 378 days T_eff ≈ 160 K 29.458 years 9.540 AU hydrogen and helium 11 m s^-2 V_orb = 9.65 km s^-1 Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds 10 brighter than 5 5.7 × 10²⁹ g = 95.2 M_Earth epicycloidal 10^h38^m Jovian planet Sixth major planet out from the Sun. The most spectacular of the Solar System, it is circled by a series of concentric rings. All the satellites of Saturn are locked in synchronous rotation. V_esc = 33.1 km s^-1

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Subject	has rotation period at equator	has equatorial diameter	is an instance of	has inclination	has mean density	has eccentricity	has albedo	has oblateness	has been observ	has obliquity	has synodic period	has temperature	has sidereal period	has mean distance from Sun	has atmosphere composition	has surface gravity	has orbital velocity	has composition	is a kind of	has number of satellite	has apparent magnitude	has mass	has motion relative to star	has rotation period at pole	has synonym	has definition	has escape velocity
gas giant																		Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds	planet			greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass			Jovian planet	Giant planet that has a gaseous surface.
naked eye planet									for many centuries									various elements	planet		brighter than 5	greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass	epicycloidal			a planet in our solar system visible to the unaided eye
superior planet																		various elements	planet			greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass				Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).
Saturn	10^h14^m	116340 km	naked eye planet	i = 2°29'33"	0.7 g cm^-3	e = 0.056	0.50	0.1	for many centuries	26°44'	378 days	T_eff ≈ 160 K	29.458 years	9.540 AU	hydrogen and helium	11 m s^-2	V_orb = 9.65 km s^-1	Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds		10	brighter than 5	5.7 × 10²⁹ g = 95.2 M_Earth	epicycloidal	10^h38^m	Jovian planet	Sixth major planet out from the Sun. The most spectacular of the Solar System, it is circled by a series of concentric rings. All the satellites of Saturn are locked in synchronous rotation.	V_esc = 33.1 km s^-1