The Numbers

Physical

Saturn is a very heavy planet, weighing in at 568.32×1024 kg, which is 95 times heavier than the Earth. At an average 116,460km diameter, Saturn is big enough to fit more than 700 Earths inside it. Saturn is the most flattened of the planets in our solar system, its polar diameter is 10% smaller than its’ equatorial diameter.

Orbit

The length of a day on Saturn is 10 hours and 14 minutes, but a year on Saturn is 24,231 Saturn days long, or 10,759 Earth days.

Being the 6th planet from the sun, Saturn does not receive much heat and the surface temputure is -178°C (288°F)

Moons

Saturn has 83 moons, 63 confirmed, and another 20 moons unconfirmed. Titan is the biggest moon known to us with a 5,150km diameter.

Discovery

The oldest written records about Saturn are from the Assyrians, from 700 BCE. They described Saturn as a sparkle in the night sky and named it “Star of Ninib.”