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This page may need to be Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest planet (after Jupiter), with a diameter of 120536 kilometers (9.4 times that of Earth). Saturn is known for its spectacular rings, which can be clearly seen with a home telescope of modest size. Saturn is one of the four gas giants. Even though Saturn is much more massive than Earth, if it had a solid surface and you stood on it you would weigh only 6% more than you do on Earth. This is because you would be standing much farther from the center of the planet than you do on Earth.
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[edit] Orbit
Saturn orbits the Sun in 29.46 Earth-years, with an orbital eccentricity of 0.05 and an average distance from the Sun of 9.54 AU (Earth-Sun distances).
[edit] Rotation
Saturn rotates prograde (in the direction of its path around the Sun) once every 10 hours 14 minutes, with an axial tilt of 25.33°.
[edit] Physical characteristics
Saturn is the only planet that is less dense than water—in fact its density is just 0.69 that of water.
[edit] Regions
[edit] Temperature
[edit] Atmosphere
[edit] Clouds and winds
[edit] Spots
[edit] Vortices
[edit] Internal structure
[edit] Magnetic field
[edit] Magnetosphere
[edit] Rings
[edit] The most beautiful planetary system
[edit] The discovery Of Saturn's rings
[edit] Composition of the rings
[edit] The origin of the rings
[edit] The shepherd satellites
[edit] "Spokes" or radial formations
[edit] Satellites
[edit] Titan
Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system and has a diameter over 5% greater than that of the planet Mercury. It is the only planetary moon that has a thick atmosphere.
