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FACTS: SIZE: 74,898
miles (120,526 km) diameter, second only to Jupiter in size. DISTANCE FROM SUN: 88,200,000 miles (1,429,400,000 km). Sixth planet from the sun. ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION: Hydrogen, helium, ammonia, methane, ethane, and phosphine. ONE YEAR: Approximately 29.5 earth years. ONE DAY: About 10 hours and 39 minutes. NATURAL SATELLITES: 18, named: Atlas, Pan, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Lapetus, and Phoebe. DISTINCTIVE FEATURE: Seven thin, flat rings around it. INTERESTING FACTS: Saturn is the only planet in the solar system with a density less than water with a density of 0.7 g/cc. This means that Saturn would float on water! |