Astronomical specifications:
| Discovery | 1789 by Herschel |
| Orbital characteristics: | |
| Distance from Saturn | 237,948 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0047 |
| Orbital periode about Saturn | 1.370 days |
| Orbital speed | 12.63 km/s |
| Inclination to Saturn equator | 0.02 deg |
| Rings | No |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| Radius | 252.1 km |
| Surface area | 799,000 km² |
| Volume | 6.7 x 107 km³ |
| Mass | 1.08 x 1020 kg |
| Density | 1.61 g/cm³ |
| Equatorial gravity | 0.111 m/s² |
| Escape velocity | 0.239 km/s |
| Rotation period | 1.370 days |
| Axial tilt | 0 deg |
| Surface temperature | 75 K |
| Atmospheric composition | H2O, N2, CO2, CH4 |
Voyager 2 color image of Enceladus, almost full disk (NASA)