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SATURN

Roman mythology- Roman God of Agriculture

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Features

Earth Comparison

If You Were There

seven major rings and hundreds of ringlets
the rings extend 260,000 miles from Saturn's cloud cover, they are thin less than 40 feet thick in some places ice makes the rings appear bright
Consists mainly of hydrogen, magnetic field, and is oval shaped storm system
it has the second largest mass of all the planets with 95 times more material than Earth the material is packed loosely
70% as dense as water Saturn would float in water
more moons than any other planet you can count 18 moons but there are more
Titan the largest moon and second largest in the solar system it is larger than Mercury and is surrounded by thick nitrogen atmosphere might be what Earth was like long ago it is-292^o F
at one time the scientists thought Saturn was the end of the solar system
It stretches almost 600,000 miles

A year on Saturn lasts 29.46 years on Earth

if you weigh 100 lb. on Earth you would weigh 108 lb. on Saturn
if you are 10 years old on Earth you would be a little over four months old

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*Features*	*Earth Comparison*	*If You Were There*
seven major rings and hundreds of ringlets the rings extend 260,000 miles from Saturn's cloud cover, they are thin less than 40 feet thick in some places ice makes the rings appear bright Consists mainly of hydrogen, magnetic field, and is oval shaped storm system it has the second largest mass of all the planets with 95 times more material than Earth the material is packed loosely 70% as dense as water Saturn would float in water more moons than any other planet you can count 18 moons but there are more Titan the largest moon and second largest in the solar system it is larger than Mercury and is surrounded by thick nitrogen atmosphere might be what Earth was like long ago it is-292^o F at one time the scientists thought Saturn was the end of the solar system It stretches almost 600,000 miles	A year on Saturn lasts 29.46 years on Earth	if you weigh 100 lb. on Earth you would weigh 108 lb. on Saturn if you are 10 years old on Earth you would be a little over four months old