Cosmic Scale
Saturn vs Earth: size comparison
Saturn is about 9.14 times wider than Earth: 116,500 km across against 12,740 km.
Compare them in 3D, at true scale
| Saturn | Earth | |
|---|---|---|
| Diameter | 116,500 km | 12,740 km |
| Mass | 5.68 × 10²⁶ kg | 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg |
| Light crosses it in | 0.39 seconds | 0.04 seconds |
- Saturn has about 764 times the volume of Earth.
- Saturn is about 95.2 times more massive than Earth.
- Light takes 0.39 seconds to cross Saturn, and 0.04 seconds to cross Earth.
Saturn: So light for its size it would float in a big enough bathtub.
Earth: The only known world with life — and liquid oceans on its surface.