Saturn

Saturn is the second biggest and is the seventh planet from the sun.  The Greeks know Saturn as Cronus.  Saturn is the slowest moving planet.  Its symbol is a stylized scythe.  

SATURN FACTS
Equatorial diameter: 120,000 km
Mass: 95.16 x Earth's
Density: 0.70 (it would float on water)
Surface gravity: 1.08 x Earth's.
Distance from the sun: 1,427 million km.
Year length: Synodic, 378 days
Rotation Period: 10 hours, 39 minutes.
Atmosphere: Estensive, mostly hydrogen and helium.
Satellites: 17
 
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