Enceladus in 3D: live position and orbit

A bright icy moon with an active south-polar plume and a subsurface ocean.

Enceladus is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Enceladus; 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

252 km¹

Mass

1.08 × 10²⁰ kg¹ (derived value)

Surface gravity

0.11 m/s²¹ (derived value)

Surface temperature

-201 °C²

Mean distance from Saturn

238 020 km³

Orbital period

1.37 days³

Sidereal rotation

32.89 hours³ (derived value)

Axial tilt

0.0°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