The Planet Saturn is the second largest planet. It is the next planet after Jupiter. Saturn is named after a Roman God and is famous for its beautiful rings.

 

 

It has at least 31 moons. These include Titan, Hyperion, Mimas, Enceladus, Rhea, and Phoebe.

Facts about Planet Saturn

* Diameter: 120,660 km. It is about 10 times larger than our Earth* Temperature: –178°C* Distance from Earth: At its closest, Saturn is 1190.4 million km* Atmosphere: Hydrogen and helium * Surface: consists of liquid and gas.* Rotation of its axis: 10 hours, 40 min, 24 sec* Rotation around the Sun: 29.5 Earth years

Saturn Space Probes:Saturn has been visited in flybys in the 1970s by NASA’s Pioneer 11 and in 1980-81 by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. The Cassini spacecraft, launched in 1997 arrived at Saturn in July 2004. The Hugens probe will explore the moon -Titan.

 

Did you know?

  • Saturn’s rings are made of billions of ice particles.
  • Its surface consists of liquid and gas.

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