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• Saturn is the second biggest planet in our solar system after Jupiter

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• Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun

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• Named after Roman God of Agriculture
• It's astronomical symbol represents the gods sickle

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• Saturn is a gas giant
• Has an average radius about nine times the Earth
• 95 times more massive than Earth

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• Wind speeds can reach to 1,000 mph on Saturn
• Faster than on Jupiter
• But Not as fast as the ones on Neptune

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• Core probably composed of Iron, Nickel, and Rock
• (Silicon and oxygen compounds)
• Surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen

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• Planet exhibits a pale yellow hue due to ammonia crystals

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• It takes Saturn 29.45 Earth years to orbit the sun
• Or it takes 10,759 Earth days

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• Saturn is 890,700,000 miles away from the sun

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• It takes Saturn 10.656 hours to rotate on its axis

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• Saturn has 53 moons
• The biggest moon of Saturn's is Titan

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• Saturn's gravitational pull is different than Earths
• If you weigh 95 pounds on Earth you weigh 101pounds on Saturn

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• Saturn is mostly made of gas and hydrogen

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• Saturn is at an average of 288 degrees Fahrenheit
• (178 degrees Celsius)

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• Many satellites have passed Saturn but none went on Saturn

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• The ring particle size range from tiny, dust-sized icy grains to a few particles as large as mountains.

SOURCES

• http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/tharriso/ast110/class09.html
• http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-saturn.html
• http://www.universetoday.com/44527/saturns-distance-from-the-sun/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
• http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn