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Saturn and the Earth compared
 

Saturn and the Earth compared

  • Saturn's diameter is about nine times greater than the Earth's

  • It has 95 times the mass

  • Despite Saturn's enormous size, its density is so low that if you were able to stand atop Saturn's clouds, you would feel a pull of gravity slightly less than what you feel on the Earth

  • If you weigh 180 pounds on Earth, you would weigh only 165 pounds at Saturn's cloud tops

  • Saturn is ten times further from the Sun than the Earth

Saturn has the honor of being the second-largest planet in the Solar System, though it has only 30% the mass of its jovian better Jupiter. Like Jupiter, Saturn is blanketed by thick clouds and is believed to have no solid surface except for a relatively small, Earth-size core of rock and metals.

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Special thanks to Björn Jónsson for his Saturn clouds map and rings data.

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