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Rhea
Moon · Second-largest moon of Saturn
About Rhea
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Rhea was 9.52 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 79.1 minutes to reach it.
It goes round its planet once every 4.52 days, 527,214 km away on average.
It is about 1,528 km across.
The map lists it as a moon and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Orbit radius (semi-major axis) | 527,214 km |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 4.52 days |
| Eccentricity | 0.0009 |
| Inclination | 28.24° |
| Radius | 763.8 km |
| Distance from the Sun | 9.52 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Saturn › Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Neptune and the Kuiper belt, a view about 110 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Rhea is the second-largest natural satellite of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a diameter of 1,528 kilometres (949 mi). Rhea is the smallest body in the Solar System that is confirmed to be in hydrostatic equilibrium.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Rhea (moon), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.