Solar System Reference Guide

Saturn


AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM SUN: 1430 MILLION KILOMETRES
DIAMETER: 120,000 KILOMETRES
MASS: 95 TIMES EARTH STANDARD
GRAVITY: 1.16 TIMES EARTH STANDARD
DENSITY: 0.7 THAT OF WATER
ATMOSPHERE: HYDROGEN, AMMONIA, METHANE GASES
NUMBER OF MOONS: 19+
SATURN YEAR: 29.5 EARTH YEARS
SATURN DAY: 10 HOURS 14 MINUTES

Saturn is without doubt the most easily recognised of the planets due to its network of rings that circle the planet. Before Saturn was visited by the Voyager probe it was assumed that there were only a few rings, however we now know that there are in fact, hundreds of these rings, which are composed of fragments of rock, ice and other debris.

An curious theory about Saturn says that because of the planets very low density (below that of water), Saturn would probably float in a large enough ocean.

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