Target Information
TARGET_NAME SATURN
PRIMARY_BODY_NAME SUN
TARGET_TYPE PLANET
TARGET_DESCRIPTION
TARGET PARAMETERS
      =================
 
      A_AXIS_RADIUS                   : 60268.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  4.
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  RADIUS-PLANET
 
      B_AXIS_RADIUS                   : 60268.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  4.
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  RADIUS-PLANET
 
      BOND_ALBEDO                     : UNK
 
      C_AXIS_RADIUS                   : 54364.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  10.
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  RADIUS-PLANET
 
      FLATTENING                      : 0.009800
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  0.00016
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  RADIUS-PLANET
 
      MAGNETIC_MOMENT                 : 4600000000000000000.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  0.11
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1982
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  MAGMOMENT-SATURN
 
      MASS                            : 568499999999999982677524480.0
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  PHYSICAL-PLANET
 
      MASS_DENSITY                    : 0.700000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  PHYSICAL-PLANET
 
      MINIMUM_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE     : UNK
 
      MAXIMUM_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE     : UNK
 
      MEAN_SURFACE_TEMPERATURE        : UNK
 
      EQUATORIAL_RADIUS               : 60268.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  4.
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  RADIUS-PLANET
 
      MEAN_RADIUS                     : 58232.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  6.
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  RADIUS-PLANET
 
      SURFACE_GRAVITY                 : 11.200000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  SURFGRAV-PLANET
 
      REVOLUTION_PERIOD               : 10728.100000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989-02-03
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  REVPER-PLANET
 
      POLE_RIGHT_ASCENSION            : 40.100000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  ROTATION-PLANET
 
      POLE_DECLINATION                : 83.500000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  ROTATION-PLANET
 
      SIDEREAL_ROTATION_PERIOD        : 0.430000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  PHYSICAL-PLANET
 
      MEAN_SOLAR_DAY                  : 0.430000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  MEANSOLARDAY-PLANET
 
      OBLIQUITY                       : 26.700000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  PHYSICAL-PLANET
 
      ORBITAL_ECCENTRICITY            : 0.055000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989-02-03
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  ELEMENTS-PLANET
 
      ORBITAL_INCLINATION             : 2.500000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989-02-03
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  ELEMENTS-PLANET
 
      ORBITAL_SEMIMAJOR_AXIS          : 1424238900.000000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989-02-03
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  ORBSEMIMAJAX-PLANET
 
      ASCENDING_NODE_LONGITUDE        : 113.700000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    :  UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989-02-03
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  :  ELEMENTS-PLANET
 
      PERIAPSIS_ARGUMENT_ANGLE        : 338.500000
      TARGET_PARAMETER_UNCERTAINTY    : UNK
      TARGET_PARAMETER_EPOCH          : 1989-02-03
      DATA_SOURCE_ID                  : PERIARGANG-PLANET
 
 
      Data Source Descriptions
      ========================
 
      ELEMENTS-PLANET
      The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page E3.
 
      MAGMOMENT-PLANET
      C.T. RUSSELL, CH. 5 IN GEOMAGNETISM, VOL. 2 (ACADEMIC PRESS)
 
      MEANSOLARDAY-PLANET
      Derived from three other target constants catalog elements:
      REVOLUTION_PERIOD (RP), SIDEREAL_ROTATION_PERIOD (SRP), and
      ROTATION_DIRECTION_TYPE (RDT)  as follows:
      If RDT = PROGRADE, then MSD = (RP * SRP)/(RP - SRP).
      If RDT = RETROGRADE, then MSD = (RP * SRP)/(RP + SRP).
 
      ORBSEMIMAJAX-PLANET
      Derived from data from The 1989 Astronomical Almanac,
      converting Mean Distance on page E3 to km using the value
      for Unit Distance found on page K6.
 
      PERIARGANG-PLANET
      Derived from data from The 1989 Astronomical Almanac as
      LAN-LP, where LAN is the Ascending Node Longitude and LP is
      the Longitude of Perihelion, both from page E3.
 
      PHYSICAL-PLANET
      The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page E88.
      The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page K6.
 
      RADIUS-PLANET
      Taken or derived from REPORT OF THE IAU WORKING GROUP ON
      CARTOGRAPHIC COORDINATES AND ROTATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE
      PLANETS AND SATELLITES, 1988 as follows:
      Given Mean Radius (MR), Equatorial Radius (ER), and Polar
      Radius (PR), then this catalog defines the following:
      A_AXIS_RADIUS        = ER
      B_AXIS_RADIUS        = ER
      C_AXIS_RADIUS        = ER
      FLATTENING           = (ER - PR)/ER
 
      REVPER-PLANET
      Derived from data from The 1989 Astronomical Almanac as
      360/n where n is the Daily Motion from page E3.
 
      ROTATION-PLANET
      The 1989 Astronomical Almanac, page E87.
      The Astronomical Almanac, 1989, page C3.
 
      SURFGRAV-PLANET
      Derived from data in THE 1989 ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC and the
      1988 REPORT OF THE IAU WORKING GROUP ON CARTOGRAPHIC
      COORDINATES as (G * MASS)/(MR * MR) where MR is MEAN RADIUS
      from this catalog, MASS comes from page E88, and the
      gravitational constant, G, comes from page K6
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