How many miles away is Saturn from our planet?
2006-11-16 09:32:21 · 6 answers · asked by Brian G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
744 million miles at the closest point
2006-11-16 09:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance between Earth and Saturn varies from about 794,103,000 miles to about 979,897,000 miles.
2006-11-16 09:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saturn Statistics
Planetary Symbol: Name in Roman/Greek Mythology: Saturn/Cronus
Diameter: 119,871 km (74,500 miles) Rotation Period about Axis: 10.67 hrs
Mass: 586.5x10^24 kilograms (95 x Earth's) Revolution Period about the Sun: 29.5 years
Density: 687 kg/m^3 Tilt of Axis: 26o 42"
Minimum Distance from Sun: 1.35 billion km
(840 million miles)
Surface Gravity: 8.96 m/s^2 (0.92 x Earth's)
Maximum Distance from Sun: 1.5 billion km
(938 million miles)
Temperature at Cloud Tops: -170o C (-274o F)
Orbital Semimajor Axis: 9.53 AU (Earth=1 AU) Average Cloud Top Temperature (K): 103K
Minimum Distance from Earth: 1.2 billion km
(746 million miles)
Satellites/Rings: 31 known moons, many rings
2006-11-16 09:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Lynnea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where the Earth is in its orbit. However, the mean distance is approximately 8.5 AU, or 1,275,000,000 km.
2006-11-16 09:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a number 10 bus, it's about 20 minutes.
2006-11-16 09:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by Emma B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when I wll to go saturn then I will tell you how far
2006-11-16 09:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by ron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋