Dione in 3D: live position and orbit

A dense icy moon with bright wispy fractures cutting across its darker, cratered trailing hemisphere.

Dione is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Dione; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Orbits

Saturn

Radius

561 km¹

Mass

1.10 × 10²¹ kg¹ (derived value)

Surface gravity

0.23 m/s²¹ (derived value)

Mean temperature

-186 °C²

Mean distance from Saturn

377 400 km³

Orbital period

2.74 days³

Sidereal rotation

2.74 days³ (derived value)

Axial tilt

0.1°⁴ (derived value)

Missions

• Voyager
• HST
• Cassini-Huygens

Sources

1. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters. read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sats/phys_par/
2. NASA Science, Solar System body pages. read 2026-09-28. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/
3. NASA NSSDCA, Planetary and Satellite Fact Sheets. read 2026-09-17. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
4. NASA NAIF, Generic PCK kernel (IAU rotational elements). read 2026-09-28. https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/generic_kernels/pck/pck00011.tpc