The Ringed Planet

Saturn is the second-largest planet in the solar system. It has 18 moons. Saturn is the only planet with rings that can be seen from Earth. These rings are not solid. They are made up of millions of small pieces of rocks, dusts, and ices that orbits the planet.

NASA's new Casini mission plans to explore the atmosphere of Saturn by dropping a probe through the atmosphere to see what it is made of. Casini is the person who gave his name to the gap between Saturn's rings which can be seen from earth based telescopes .

Facts About Saturn

Rotational Period: 10 hour 40 minutes

Volume(Earth=1): 744

Density(Water=1): 0.69

Temperature at surface: -180�C

Saturn Statistics

Distance from the sun: 1,427 mkm

Orbital velocity: 9.64 km/s

Year length: 29.46 Earth-years

Diameter: 120,000 km

Mass: 95 Earth-mass

Satellites: 18

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	Facts About Saturn
	Rotational Period: 10 hour 40 minutes
	Volume(Earth=1): 744
	Density(Water=1): 0.69
	Temperature at surface: -180�C

	Saturn Statistics
	Distance from the sun: 1,427 mkm
	Orbital velocity: 9.64 km/s
	Year length: 29.46 Earth-years
	Diameter: 120,000 km
	Mass: 95 Earth-mass
	Satellites: 18