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== Orbital and rotational characteristics ==
== Orbital and rotational characteristics ==
Titan follows a slightly eccentric orbit at a mean distance of 1.22 million kilometers from Saturn's center (or rather, the [[barycenter]] of the Saturnian system). Its sidereal month is 15.85 Julian days, as is the length of its sidereal day. Astronomers therefore consider it in tidal lock with Saturn.
Titan follows a slightly eccentric orbit at a mean distance of 1.22 million kilometers from Saturn's center (or rather, the [[barycenter]] of the Saturnian system). Its sidereal month is 15.85 Julian days, as is the length of its sidereal day. Astronomers therefore consider it in [[tidal lock]] with Saturn.
Titan is also in a 3:4 orbital resonance with the satellite [[Hyperion]], the next farther satellite in the Saturnian system.
Titan is also in a 3:4 orbital resonance with the satellite [[Hyperion]], the next farther satellite in the Saturnian system.