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	Saturn	Saturn
Discovered By	Known by the Ancients	Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery	Unknown	Unknown
Average Orbit Distance	1,426,666,422 km	1,426,666,422 km
Perihelion (closest)	1,349,823,615 km	1,349,823,615 km
Aphelion (farthest)	1,503,509,229 km	1,503,509,229 km
Equatorial Radius	58,232 km	58,232 km
Equatorial Circumference	365,882.4 km	365,882.4 km
Volume	827,129,915,150,897 km3	827,129,915,150,897 km3
Mass	568,319,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg	568,319,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Density	0.687 g/cm3	0.687 g/cm3
Surface Area	42,612,133,285 km2	42,612,133,285 km2
Equatorial Surface Gravity	10.4* m/s2	10.4* m/s2
Escape Velocity	129,924 km/h	129,924 km/h
Rotation Period (Length of Day)	0.444 sidereal days	0.444 sidereal days
Orbit Period (Length of Year)	29.447498 sidereal years	29.447498 sidereal years
Mean Orbit Velocity	34,701 km/h	34,701 km/h
Orbit Eccentricity	0.05386179	0.05386179
Orbit Inclination to Ecliptic	2.49 degrees	2.49 degrees
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit	26.7 degrees	26.7 degrees
Orbit Circumference	8,957,504,604 km	8,957,504,604 km
Effective Temperature	-178 °C	-178 °C
Atmospheric Constituents	Hydrogen, Helium	Hydrogen, Helium