Saturn is a ringed planet and is the second largest planet and is the 6th planet away from the sun. It is a gas giant with an average radius of about
nine-and-a-half times that of Earth.
Traits of Saturn
Saturn is the most distant planet that can be seen with the naked eye.
Saturn was known to the ancients, including the Babylonians and Far Eastern observers.
Saturn is the flattest planet.
Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth years.
Saturn's upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds.
Saturn has oval-shaped storms similar to Jupiter's.
Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen.
Saturn has the most extensive rings in the solar system.
Saturn has 150 moons and smaller moonlets.
Four spacecraft have visited Saturn: Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and 2, and the Cassini-Huygens mission have all studied the planet.
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