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  SATURN

Saturn was first formed about four billion years ago. Saturn's average distance from the sun is 1.42 billion km and orbits the sun every 30yrs.Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun located between Jupitar and Uranus and the second largest planet in our solar system. It is also a giant gas planet made out of mostly hydrogen and helium and the core made out of rock and ice. Saturn's average temperature -130 to -191 degrees.

__Saturn's Rings__ Saturn has thousands of rings which are very bright, the rings are made out of particals of ice and rock. Some of the particles are no larger than grains of sand or small stones. Some have been meausured at nearly 0.8 km across. The rings constantly orbit the main body of the planet.

 __Saturn's Moons__ Saturn has 18 known moons, some of them are Titan, Rhea, Lapetus, Dione, Tethys and Enceladus. Titan is the largest moon on Saturn and the second largest in the whole solar system, Titan is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto. Titan was discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1655. Titan surface temperature is about -178 degrees and the diameter is 5,134km. ==

​ __​5 interesting facts on Saturn__ 1. Saturn's rings orbit the planet at different tilts. 2. Saturn's largest moon ,Titan is the only moon in the solar system to possess an atmosphere. 3. Saturn has a massive magnetic field. 4. The first astronomers thought Saturn's rings were moons. 5. Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecraft. ​