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QUICK FACTS:

SIZE: 74,898 miles (120,526 km) diameter, second only to Jupiter in size.
Saturn's polar diameter is 108,728 km (67,560 mi), making it the most oblate planet.

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!

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