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How does the size of Saturn compare to the size of the Earth and the Sun?
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∙ 14y ago
To be brief, it's much larger than the Earth, yet much much smaller than the Sun.
Well first off, Saturn is a little tricky to measure because it is not completely spherical. Saturn, along with the rest of the Jovian planets, or Gas giants, is an oblate spheroid. What this means is that the planet is flattened at its poles and bulges out at the equator where its rings surround it. The polar circumference of Saturn is approximately 170,702 km, about 8.5 Earths. Its equatorial circumference is about 189,241 km, almost 9.5 earths. This compared to earth's mean circumference, about 40,000 km, makes earth pretty puny to Saturn. If Saturn were a Basketball, Earth would barely be the size of a small marble.Compare that to the sun's whopping circumference of 4,379,000 km, this would take about 72 Saturns lined up next to each other to make a ring around the sun. It would take 109 planet Earths to do the same!
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How does the size of Saturn compare to the size earth?
Saturn is much larger than Earth. Its diameter is about 9.5 times that of Earth, making it the second largest planet in our solar system.
How many earth days does it take to orbit Saturn?
The sun does not orbit Saturn. Saturn orbits the sun.
How long does it Saturn orbit the sun?
Saturn orbits the sun once every 29.5 Earth years.
How long does it take saturn to orbit the sun in earth years?
Saturn takes approximately 29.5 Earth years to orbit the sun once.
How does the distance of the earth from the sun compare to the distance of the gas giant from the sun?
Jupiter is 5 times as far away from the Sun as Earth, Saturn is 10 times as far.
How do the sun and earth compare size?
The Sun's diameter is about 100 times larger.
How is big is Saturn compared to Earth?
Saturn's radius is 9.4 x Earth's radius (equatoral) Saturn's mass is 95.2 x Earth's mass Saturn is 9.5 times further from the Sun than the earth is
How does the size of Saturn compare to the size earth?
Saturn is much larger than Earth. Its diameter is about 9.5 times that of Earth, making it the second largest planet in our solar system.
How does the Earth's diameter compare to the Sun's diameter?
The Earth's diameter is about 12,742 km, while the Sun's diameter is approximately 1.4 million km. This means the Sun's diameter is roughly 109 times larger than the Earth's diameter.
What planet takes twenty nine earth years to orbit the sun?
The planet that takes twenty nine earth years to orbit the sun is Saturn.
What do scientists call the sun?
Just the sun. Like Earth is still Earth, Saturn is Saturn...
Is Saturn or the sun closest to earth?
The Sun.
How much farther from the sun is the planets Saturn than earth?
Saturn is nearly 10 AU from the sun. (Earth is 1).
How much from the sun is the planet Saturn than the planet earth?
Saturn is nearly 10 AU from the sun. (Earth is 1).
How much farther is the sun from is the planet Saturn than Earth?
Saturn is nearly 10 AU from the sun. (Earth is 1).
What the second planet?
venus (in terms of distance from the sun). In terms of distance from the earth, it is Mars In terms of size, it is Saturn.
How fast does Saturn orbit the earth?
Saturn does not orbit the Earth; it orbits the Sun. The Moon orbits the Earth.
