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Moon of Saturn

Iapetus

Mean radius734.3 km
Orbit (semi-major axis)3,561,700 km
Orbital period79.331 days

It orbits nearly 3.6 million km from Saturn, taking 79 days per orbit.

Radius and orbit from JPL Solar System Dynamics satellite tables.

Sources

  1. JPL Solar System Dynamics, Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters
  2. JPL Solar System Dynamics, Planetary Satellite Mean Elements
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