Solar System Exploration: Planets: Saturn: Moons: Albiorix: Facts & Figures

2013 Webby Awards: People's Voice Winner in Science & Government

SSE Home

Planets

Saturn

Moons

Albiorix

Facts & Figures

Albiorix: Facts & Figures

Discovered By

Matthew J. Holman and Timothy B. Spahr

Date of Discovery

9 November 2000

Orbit Size Around Saturn (semi-major axis)

Metric: 16,401,100 km

English: 10,191,171 miles

Periapsis (closest)

Metric: 8,466,248 km

Apoapsis (farthest)

Metric: 24,335,952 km

Sidereal Orbit Period (Length of Year)

2.145160849 Earth years

783.52 Earth days

Orbit Circumference

Metric: 96,726,713.37 km

Average Orbit Velocity

Metric: 5,143.8 km/h

Orbit Eccentricity

0.4838

Orbit Inclination

35.511

Mean Radius

Metric: 16.0 (assuming an albedo of 0.06) km

English: 9.9 miles

Equatorial Circumference

Metric: 100.5 km

Volume

Metric: 17,157 km³

Mass

Metric: 20,981,358,063,360,700 kg

Scientific Notation: 2.0981 x 10¹⁶ kg

Density

Metric: 2.3 g/cm³

Surface Area

Metric: 3,216.99 km²

Surface Gravity

Metric: 0.005 m/s²

Escape Velocity

Metric: 48 km/h

Additional Information:

USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html

-JPL Solar System Dynamics: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/

-Solar System Moons: Discovery and Mythology by Jürgen Blunck; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

-Encyclopedia of the Solar System, second edition; edited by Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman, and Torrence V. Johnson; Academic Press 2007

-Ellis Miner

-Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2010: http://www.britannica.com

-"A deeper look at the colors of the Saturnian irregular satellites" by Tommy Grav and James Bauer: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611590

NASA Official: Kristen Erickson

Advisory: Dr. James Green, Director of Planetary Science

Outreach Manager: Alice Wessen