Science and Technology

How far from Saturn does Janus orbit?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/far-saturn-does-janus-orbit-241765.html" >How far from Saturn does Janus orbit?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Also known as Saturn X (or S10), Janus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring about 122 mi (196 km) by 119 mi (192 km) by 93 mi (150 km); it orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 94,120 mi (151,472 km), and has equal orbital and rotational periods of 0.6945 earth days.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Janus from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition at Encyclopedia.com.

Similar questions: How many kilometers from Saturn does Janus orbit? How many miles from Saturn does Janus orbit? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Ring shots: Cassini spies new bands, other features, around Saturn.
Magazine article from: Science News ...particles that make up Saturn's rings circle...and lies between Saturn's main rings...coincides with the orbits of Janus and Epimetheus, two tiny moons of Saturn. The fainter...and overlies the orbit of another tiny...about twice as far apart. Furthermore...as a tin roof ...
A stormy giant with pretty ringlets
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ...equator). But it does have the biggest...and over as it orbits Saturn. The outermost...moons closer to Saturn - Janus and Epimetheus...meteorite. Four of Saturn's moons circle...Earth in the far-off days when...Earth in its orbit) on 1 September...
ASTEROID HAS AN AFFAIR WITH EARTH SUN ORBITER DANCES A COSMIC BALLET OVER...
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ...Earth's gravity does has an effect...little asteroid's orbit, an effect so...the asteroid's orbit, although scientists...three miles wide, orbits the sun in the...the asteroid's orbit so that it starts...takes place much farther out in the solar...two moons called Janus and ...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.