Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Saturn |
| Object Description: |
Planet |
| Dimensions: |
The planet (without rings) has a diameter of roughly 75,000 miles (120,000 km) at the equator. |
| Average Distance |
The semi-major axis of Saturn's orbit about the Sun is 9.5 astronomical units or roughly 890 million miles (1.4 billion km). |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
NICMOS |
| Exposure Date(s): |
January 4, 1998 |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona) |
| Release Date: |
April 23, 1998 |
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