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.

Radius

561 km

Mass

1.10 × 10²¹ kg

Surface gravity

0.23 m/s²

Mean temperature

-186 °C

Orbits

Saturn

Distance from the Sun

0.003 AU

Orbital period

2.74 days

Axial tilt

0.0°

Known moons

0