Saturn was named after the Greek god Saturnus, the god of time.
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system
It’s the 6th planet from the sun
The surface is just liquid and gas
Out of all the planets, Saturn has the lowest density
It has 33 moons, and Titan, the biggest moon, is bigger than the planet Mercury
There could be life on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons
Saturn is the windiest planet; it’s winds get up to 400m/s
The diameter is 120,536 km
Density= 0.69 g/cm3
Mass= 5.688x10 26kg
The distance from the sun is 1,429,000,000 km
3rd brightest planet
If you tried to land on Saturn, you would pass right through
It takes 29 years, 167 days, and 6.7 hours to orbit the sun
The origins of Saturn’s rings is unknown Fast winds in upper atmosphere
combined with rising heat causes the planet’s yellow and gold banding
Saturn’s rings disappear once every 14 years
Saturn is the root for the English word “Saturday”
Two prominent rings and one faint ring can be seen from Earth
Saturn has been visited four times by spacecrafts
It was 1st photographed in 1981 with a Hubble telescope
The atmosphere is 97% hydrogen, 3% helium, and 0.5% methane
Saturn has only seven rings
Saturn radiates more energy into space than it receives from the sun
The temperature at its core is 178 degrees Celsius
A full day on Saturn is only 10 hours, 40 minutes, and 24 seconds