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Saturn Seen from telescope by NASA worker. Tyrone and Destiny
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History Christian Huygens saw Saturn in 1659 with a telescope.
It got it’s name by Roman Mythology.
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Solar System Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
The distance is from the sun is 888,615,000 miles away. The rotation is 66 hours.
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Moons There are 53 official moons and 9 unofficial moons which means there are 62 moons in total. There are 2 moons that have names: Titan and Tethys.
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Planet appearance Saturn is a gas giant or a gas planet.
Very yellow and is very big. It is the second largest planet in the solar system. This photo was taken from space.
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Rings The rings are very long and are known to be 1000 miles around.
Taken from space very yellow and some green.
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Exploration This satellite is named Terrible:1980 Huygens:1655 Bond:1848
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Interesting Facts Saturn is a gas giant.
It is second largest planet in the solar system. There are many rings. In Saturn the rings are made out of rocks.
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