Saturn

sixth planet in the Solar System, with a ring system mainly composed of ice particles

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Summary

Saturn is a gas giant^[1]. Saturn draws 64,605 Wikipedia views per month (gas giant category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

Instance of: outer planet^[3]
Named after: Saturn^[4], Wu Xing^[5]
Location: outer Solar System^[6]
Part of: outer Solar System^[7]
Commons category: Saturn (planet)^[8]
Parent astronomical body: Sun^[9]
Child astronomical body: Titan^[10], Pan^[11], Daphnis^[12], Atlas^[13], Prometheus^[14], Pandora^[15], Epimetheus^[16], Janus^[17], Aegaeon^[18], Mimas^[19], Methone^[20], Anthe^[21], Pallene^[22], Enceladus^[23]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Saturn include cappello romano^[24]; Saturn^[25], an individual animal^[26]; geocronite^[27], a mineral species^[28]; and Saturn Glacier^[29], a glacier^[30].

Why It Matters

Saturn has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Saturn is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Saturn include cappello romano^[24]; Saturn^[25], an individual animal^[26]; geocronite^[27], a mineral species^[28]; and Saturn Glacier^[29], a glacier^[30].

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Quick Facts

Instance of gas giant, outer planet

Location outer Solar System

Part of outer Solar System

Properties

Absolute magnitude +28

Albedo +0.47, +0.342

Angular diameter +14.5, +20.1

Apoapsis 10.1 (10.1–1.5B, n=3)

Apparent magnitude +1.2, -0.24

Area +42700000000

Argument of periapsis +92.59887831

Child astronomical body Titan, Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Aegaeon, Mimas, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Kiviuq, Helene, Dione, Polydeuces, Rhea, Hyperion, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Phoebe, Skathi, Albiorix, Bebhionn, Skoll, Tarqeq, Greip, Siarnaq, Hyrrokkin, Tarvos, S/2004 S 13, Jarnsaxa, S/2004 S 17, Mundilfari, Bergelmir, S/2006 S 1, Aegir, Narvi, S/2004 S 12, Bestla, Suttungr, Farbauti, S/2004 S 7, Hati, Thrymr, S/2006 S 3, Fenrir, Fornjot, Surtur, Kari, Ymir, Loge, rings of Saturn, S/2009 S 1, S/2007 S 2, S/2007 S 3, Themis, E Ring, G ring, C ring, F ring, B ring, A ring, D ring, Phoebe ring, S/2004 S 6, S/2004 S 4, S/2004 S 3, Paaliaq, Erriapus, Earhart, Blériot, Santos-Dumont, Curtiss, Hinkler, Kingsford Smith, Lindbergh, Post, Richthofen, Sikorsky, Wright, Peggy, Gridr, S/2004 S 21, Angrboda, Skrymir, S/2004 S 24, Gerd, S/2004 S 26, Eggther, S/2004 S 28, S/2004 S 29, Beli, Alvaldi, S/1995 S 8, S/1995 S 6, S/1995 S 4, S/1995 S 1, S/1995 S 3, S/1995 S 5, S/1995 S 7, S/2019 S 1, Chrysalis, S/2005 S 4, S/2020 S 1, S/2006 S 20, S/2019 S 14, S/2020 S 3, S/2020 S 5, S/2004 S 41, S/2004 S 40, S/2004 S 43, S/2004 S 42, S/2004 S 44, S/2004 S 46, S/2004 S 45, S/2004 S 48, S/2004 S 47, S/2004 S 50, S/2004 S 51, S/2004 S 49, S/2004 S 53, S/2004 S 52, S/2006 S 9, S/2005 S 5, S/2006 S 11, S/2006 S 12, S/2006 S 10, S/2006 S 14, S/2006 S 13, S/2006 S 15, S/2006 S 16, S/2006 S 18, S/2006 S 17, S/2006 S 19, S/2007 S 5, S/2007 S 7, S/2007 S 6, S/2007 S 9, S/2007 S 8, S/2019 S 2, S/2019 S 3, S/2019 S 4, S/2019 S 5, S/2019 S 6, S/2019 S 7, S/2019 S 8, S/2019 S 9, S/2019 S 11, S/2019 S 10, S/2019 S 12, S/2019 S 13, S/2019 S 15, S/2019 S 16, S/2019 S 18, S/2019 S 17, S/2019 S 19, S/2019 S 20, S/2020 S 2, S/2019 S 21, S/2020 S 4, S/2020 S 6, S/2020 S 7, S/2020 S 8, S/2020 S 9, S/2020 S10

Demonym زُحَلِيٌّ, Saturnian, Cronian, Saturnano

Density +0.19, +0.867

Described by source Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)

Diameter +120536

Different from Saturn

Distance from earth +1195000000, +1660000000

Epoch J2000.0

Flattening +0.09796

Has part(s) atmosphere of Saturn, magnetosphere of Saturn

Ipa transcription zaˈtʊʁn

Longitude of ascending node +113.66242448

Magnetic moment +45999999999999996007022592

Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Astronomical objects, WikiProject Solar System, WikiProject Astronomy, WikiProject Space weather

Mass +568360

Mean anomaly +317.020

Named after Saturn, Wu Xing

Notation ♄

On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

Orbital eccentricity +0.05386179

Orbital inclination 0.93 (0.93–5.51, n=3)

Orbital period +10757.7365

P14470 Locations/Saturn

P14541 3FBw4A

Parent astronomical body Sun

Periapsis 9.05 (9.05–1.3B, n=3)

Radius 54k (54k–60k, n=3)

Rotation period +10.7

Semi-major axis of an orbit 9.55 (9.54–1.4B, n=3)

Significant event planetary flyby

Speed 9.14 (9.14–10.2, n=3)

Stack exchange tag astronomy.stackexchange.com

Studied by kronology

Surface gravity +8.96

Synodic period +378.0944

Temperature +134

Topic has template Template:Saturn

Topic's main category Category:Saturn

Topic's main wikimedia portal Portal:Saturn

Unicode character ♄

Volume as quantity +827130000000000

External References (86)

Accessscience id 603200

Australian educational vocabulary id scot/8429

Babelnet id 00069343n

Bbc news topic id crr7mlg0r5yt

Bbc things id 6ac437e6-53d9-4cf9-8adb-a4adbdd54ae7

Bibliothèque nationale de france id 11976363g

Bncf thesaurus id 71848

Brockhaus enzyklopädie online id saturn

Comic vine id 4020-56294

Dbc author id 87097992990389

Der spiegel topic id saturn

Dewey decimal classification 523.46

Enciclopedia galega universal id 184098

Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id 567623

Encyclopedia of korean culture id E0059190

Encyclopædia britannica online id place/Saturn-planet

Encyclopædia universalis id saturne-planete

Famous birthdays id planets/saturn

Fandom article id expanse:Saturn

Fast id 1242721

Femiwiki id 12598

France 24 topic id (french) saturne

Freebase id /m/0c3s8

Gamespot platform id 76

Getty thesaurus of geographic names id 7030640

Giant bomb id (former scheme) 3035-6

Gnd id 4179170-8

Golden id Saturn-P449Y

Google news topics id CAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNR016Y3pnU0FtVnVLQUFQAQ

Gran enciclopèdia catalana id saturn-1

Gran enciclopèdia catalana id (former scheme) 0061127

Great norwegian encyclopedia id Saturn_-_planet, Saturn

Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 3537413

Harper's tag saturn-planet

Iconclass notation 24C17

Idref id 027799042

Interlingual index id i86131

Jstor topic id (archived) saturn

Kbpedia id PlanetSaturn

Klexikon article id Saturn

Larousse id divers/Saturne/143322

Lc and marc vocabularies id geographicAreas/zsa

Library of congress authority id sh85117690

Lille norske leksikon id Saturn

Manto id 11296008

Mesh descriptor id D018539

Mesh tree code G01.060.075.730.700.831

Microsoft academic id (discontinued) 511503438

Museum-digital tag id 151824

Naif id 699

Namuwiki id 토성

National library of brazil id 000152450

National library of iceland id 000076086

National library of ireland id vtls001188916

National library of israel id (old) 000744636

National library of israel j9u id 987007558479205171

National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) XX455432

Ndl authority id 00561718

Ne.se id saturnus

New york times topic id subject/saturn

Niconicopedia id 土星

Nl cr aut id ph118072

Omegawiki defined meaning 382630

Online pwn encyclopedia id 3972610

Openalex id C511503438

Pixiv encyclopedia id 土星

Psh id 494

Quora topic id Saturn-planet

Sciencedirect topic id earth-and-planetary-sciences/saturn-planet

Slovak national library (viaf) id vtls007419356

Snk id 184818

Svkkl authority id 0294135-Saturn-planeta

Topostext person id 17553

Tv tropes id UsefulNotes/Saturn

U.s. national archives identifier 10046640

Unified astronomy thesaurus id 1426

Viaf cluster id 246142422

Vikidia article id en:Saturn_(planet), it:Saturno_(astronomia), es:Saturno, eu:Saturno, ca:Saturn, fr:Saturne_(planète)

Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id saturnas-1

Wikikids id Saturnus_(planeet)

Wikisimpsons article id 249880

Wolfram language entity code Entity["Planet", "Saturn"]

Wordnet 3.1 synset id 09447520-n

Yale lux id concept/80a09a7e-e8a4-445d-a44e-d93cf36f5eb3

Yso id 19586

Zhihu topic id 19840594

🌐 Available in 30 languages

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🏷️ Also known as

en Saturn en ♄ en Sol VI en Sol 6 ar كوكب زحل ar زحل de ♄ el Κρόνος el ♄ el 🪐 el Πλανήτης Κρόνος es Saturno fa کیوان fi Saturnus fr Sol g fr ♄ fr Saturne fr Sol VI he שבתאי hi शनि

🔗 Connections

← Parent astronomical body 100

Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Rhea, Dione, moon of Saturn, Iapetus, Tethys +92 more

Child astronomical body 91

Titan, Enceladus, Mimas, Rhea, Dione, Iapetus, Tethys, Hyperion +83 more

Belongs to 4

outer planet, great conjunction, superior planet, outer Solar System

Described by source 4

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

Named after 4

cappello romano, geocronite, Saturn, Saturn Glacier

Maintained by wikiproject 3

WikiProject Astronomy, WikiProject Solar System, WikiProject Astronomical objects

← Destination point 3

Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Cassini−Huygens

← Located on astronomical body 3

Saturn's hexagon, Great White Spot, Dragon Storm

Instance of 2

gas giant, outer planet

Named after 2

Saturn, Wu Xing

On focus list of wikimedia project 2

Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

← Category combines topics 2

Category:Moons of Saturn, Category:Saturnian deities

← Depicts 2

Interstellar, Family Portrait

← Narrative location 2

Micromégas, The Dark Forest

Different from 1

Saturn

Epoch 1

J2000.0

Has part(s) 1

magnetosphere of Saturn

Has these parts 1

magnetosphere of Saturn

Located in this place 1

exploration of Saturn

Location 1

outer Solar System

Parent astronomical body 1

Sun

Part of 1

outer Solar System

Significant event 1

planetary flyby

Topic has template 1

Template:Saturn

Topic's main category 1

Category:Saturn

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Saturn

← Child astronomical body 1

Sun

← Different from 1

Saturn

← Eu knowledge graph item id 1

Anthem of Europe

← Fictional or mythical analog of 1

Saturn in fiction

← Lingua libre id 1

Hausa

← Main subject 1

Wikijunior:Solar System/Saturn

← Model item 1

planet

← Personaldata.io id 1

Société nationale des chemins de fer français

← Resistance in belgium id 1

Boom

← Template has topic 1

Template:Saturn

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6d ago · Putnik · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 262

Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'a

Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → saturnas-1

Claims rich → —

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: saturnas-1"
11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14470 → Locations/Saturn

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Saturn, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14541 → 3FBw4A

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
15w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Femiwiki id → 12598

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Femiwiki id: 12598"
17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → saturn-planet

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: saturn-planet, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962101|saturn planet (#289962101)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Svkkl authority id → 0294135-Saturn-planeta

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0294135-Saturn-planeta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Saturn

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