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**Saturn Topic: Planets Subtopic: Saturn** **Quick Facts** ~ It's the next to largest planet. (Jupiter is the absolute largest) ~ Saturn's rings might be remains of an old moon that crashed into the planet itself. ~The rings orbit at a diffrent tilt. ~ The rings will probably be sucked into the planet one day and disappear. ~ One day is equal to 10.5 Earth hours ~It was named after the Roman god of harvest. ~ One year equals 29.5 Earth years ~ At least 34 moons. ~ It is one of the gaseous planets. ~ Saturn has a very low density. 

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun, and the second largest. It is 12,053 kilometers in diameter. Despite it's size, Saturn is the lightest planet. If there was an ocean big enough, it would float in the water. The rings are made of rocks and ice crysals. They are not solid as they appear. One day, the rings will proabably combine with the planets. The rings are getting closer as time goes on. The actual planet itself, is visably flattened or oblate 10%. It is made up with 75% hydrogen and 25% helium. It has a 12,000 degrees Kelvin core. The rings are very thin.  Saturn got it's name from the Roman god of agriculture. Saturn is also the english root word for Saturday.




 * Saturn is made up of three layers

~ a rocky core ~ a liquid metallic layer ~ amolecular hydrogen layer**



It is 1,429,400 kilometers from the sun.

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