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SATURN Distance: 1,429,000,000 km Dianmeter: 74,732 miles = 120,536 km  Mass: 568,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

Did you know it takes 29 & a half Earth years for Saturn to orbit the sun once.

ABOUT SATURN

Saturn is made of hydrogen and helium. It doesn't have as much helium as Jupiter. The oceans on Saturn are made of hydrogen. Below this, is liquid metallic hydrogen. Under this is a rock center that is bigger than Jupiters. Saturn has less liquid metallic hydrogen that Jupiter, which means it doesn't have as storng of a magnetic field as Jupiter.

You can't live on Saturn because you would have to swim around in an ocean of liquid hydrogen all day, (theres no land to stand on). The gravity on Saturn is so strong you would sink. There is no oxygen, water to drink, or food.

Saturn has 18 moons, but scientists think there may be 12 more! Here is a list of the 18 moons and the year they were discovered after each one;

Pan (1990), Atlas (1980), Prometheus (1980), Pandora (1980), Epimetheus (1980), Janus (1966), Mimas (1789), Enceladus (1789), Tethys (1684), Telesto (1980), Calypso (1980), Dione (1684), Helene (1980), Rhea (1672), Titan (1655), Hyperion (1848), Iapetus (1671), and Phoebe (1898).

Did you know that one of Saturn's moons (Mimas), looks just like that death star out of star wars!

Saturn's rings are not solid like the ones you wear on your fingers. There like Saturns own asteroid belt. They are made up of millions and millions of rock and ice. The sizes vary from 1 cm to 16 feet! The rings are about 20 meters thick.

Saturn is different to Earth because On Earth you can stand up with out sinking into the Earth.