Space · Globe only · rings excluded · idealized sphere
Saturn diameter and size comparison
Saturn’s globe uses a mean diameter of 116,464 kilometers. The rings are excluded from both the artwork and the number; this is a globe comparison, not the width of the complete ring system.
116464000 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Mean diameter · twice JPL mean radius
- Subject or version
- Globe only · rings excluded · idealized sphere
- In kilometers
- 116,464 km (1 km = 1,000 m)
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A little more perspective
Its 58,232-kilometer mean radius is smaller than JPL’s 60,268-kilometer equatorial radius. The idealized sphere removes flattening from this particular comparison. A ring-span comparison would need a separate measurement and calibrated ring view.
The displayed diameter is 2 × 58,232 km = 116,464 km. Doubling the source radius uncertainty gives ±12 km for diameter. The source defines mean radius through an equivalent-volume sphere. Its review date is not a new measurement date.
Quick facts
Saturn’s globe uses a mean diameter of 116,464 kilometers. The rings are excluded from both the artwork and the number; this is a globe comparison, not the width of the complete ring system.
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Sources and measurement notes
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