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Saturn


Saturn: The Whole PlanetSaturn: Rings of IceSaturn: Beautiful RingsSaturn: In the Dark

Saturn, a Planet with everything. Saturn shows Up in the night sky as a faint diamond. Saturn is beautiful because of its thousands of rings made of light reflecting ice. Saturn is the second largest planet, yet it has a density less than Earth.


Saturn: Animation

Quick Facts

Mass 5.69*10^26 Kg
Rotation Period 10.20 Earth hours
Revolution Period 29.46 Earth years
Diameter 120660 Km
Distance from sun 9.539 AU
Tilt of axis 26.70 Degrees
Orbit eccentricity 0.056 from normal
Maximum surface temperature -156 Degrees F
Minimum surface temperature -301 Degrees F
Moons

Pan, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Pandora, Janus, Mimas, Calypso, Tethys, Enceladus, Telesto, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Iapetus, Hyperion, and Phoebe


On Saturn you would weigh only...

Calculation: Your Weight/9.8 (Gravity on Earth). Then Multiply by 8.96.


Saturn: Passport Love ice? Saturn is the Ice planet.


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