Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system, is relatively close to us compared to the vast distances between stars. However, it is still quite far away. The average distance from Saturn to the Sun is about 1.4 billion kilometers (870 million miles).
To measure distances on an astronomical scale, astronomers commonly use the unit of light-years, which is the distance light travels in one year. To convert the distance to light-years, we divide the distance in kilometers by the speed of light.
The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792 kilometers per second (or about 186,282 miles per second). Therefore, to calculate the distance to Saturn in light-years, we divide the average distance in kilometers by the speed of light:
1.4 billion kilometers / 299,792 kilometers per second ≈ 4.67 light-minutes.
So, on average, Saturn is located about 4.67 light-minutes away from us.