Cosmic Scale
Saturn vs Mars: size comparison
Saturn is about 17.2 times wider than Mars: 116,500 km across against 6,779 km.
Compare them in 3D, at true scale
| Saturn | Mars | |
|---|---|---|
| Diameter | 116,500 km | 6,779 km |
| Mass | 5.68 × 10²⁶ kg | 6.42 × 10²³ kg |
| Light crosses it in | 0.39 seconds | 0.02 seconds |
- Saturn has about 5,070 times the volume of Mars.
- Saturn is about 886 times more massive than Mars.
- Light takes 0.39 seconds to cross Saturn, and 0.02 seconds to cross Mars.
Saturn: So light for its size it would float in a big enough bathtub.
Mars: Home to Olympus Mons, a volcano nearly three times the height of Everest.