Planet
Saturn
Sixth planet from the Sun
Right now · as of
How far is Saturn from Earth?
1.27 billion km (8.5 AU)
Its light takes 1 h 10 min to reach us.
Moving away by 922,603 km a day.
1.41 billion km (9.43 AU) from the Sun.
Open in 3DSpacecraft that went there
- Pioneer 11September 1, 1979 · Flies past Saturn, 80,573 km away
- Voyager 1November 12, 1980 · Flies past Saturn, 183,546 km away
- Voyager 2August 26, 1981 · Flies past Saturn, 159,701 km away
- CassiniMarch 19, 2004 · Arrives at Saturn
From the trajectories NASA JPL Horizons publishes, for the flights TAKIP has fetched.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, and is the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times that of Earth. It has an eighth of the average density of Earth, but is over 95 times more massive. Even though Saturn is almost as big as Jupiter, it has less than a third of its mass.
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