Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is famous for its beautiful ring system.
Saturn is a gas giant made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Its rings are made of ice and rock particles and stretch thousands of kilometers wide.
Saturn facts
- Diameter: 116,460 km
- Mass: 5.68 × 1026 kg
- Moons: 145 (including Titan)
- Orbit distance: 1.43 billion km
- Orbit period: 29.5 Earth years
- Surface temperature: −178°C
- First record: 8th century BC
- Recorded by: Assyrians