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The ringed wonder
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, famous for its spectacular ring system made of ice and rock particles ranging in size from tiny grains to house-sized boulders. Saturn is the least dense planet, so light it would float in water if you could find a bathtub large enough. Like Jupiter, it is a gas giant composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn's moon Titan has a thick nitrogen atmosphere and liquid methane lakes, making it one of the most Earth-like worlds in the solar system despite its frigid temperatures. Enceladus, another moon, shoots geysers of water ice into space from a subsurface ocean.
Day Length
10.7h
0.4x Earth days
Year Length
10,759d
29.46x Earth years
Avg Temperature
-140°C
-180° to -120°C
Moons
146
Has rings
No Solid Surface
Radius
58,232 km
Mass
5.683 x 10^26
Surface Gravity
10.44 m/s²
Escape Velocity
35.5 km/s
Rotation Speed
36,840 km/h
Orbital Speed
9.68 km/s
Distance from Sun
1.43 billion
Composition
Hydrogen/helium gas, metallic hydrogen, rocky core
Instant crush from pressure and wind
There is no solid surface to stand on. No breathable oxygen. Extreme cold of -140°C would freeze you instantly.
Saturn's rings span 282,000 km but are only about 10 meters thick
Saturn is less dense than water (0.687 g/cm3)
Wind speeds on Saturn can reach 1,800 km/h
Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a substantial atmosphere