Saturn was named after the Greek god Saturnus, the god of time

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system

It’s the 6th planet from the sun

The surface is just liquid and gas

Out of all the planets, Saturn has the lowest density

It has 33 moons, and Titan, the biggest moon, is bigger than the planet Mercury

There could be life on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons

Saturn is the windiest planet; it’s winds get up to 400m/s

The diameter is 120,536 km

Density= 0.69 g/cm3

Mass= 5.688x10 26kg

The distance from the sun is 1,429,000,000 km

3rd brightest planet

If you tried to land on Saturn, you would pass right through

It takes 29 years, 167 days, and 6.7 hours to orbit the sun

The origins of Saturn’s rings is unknown Fast winds in upper atmosphere

combined with rising heat causes the planet’s yellow and gold banding

Saturn’s rings disappear once every 14 years

Saturn is the root for the English word “Saturday”

Two prominent rings and one faint ring can be seen from Earth

Saturn has been visited four times by spacecrafts

It was 1st photographed in 1981 with a Hubble telescope

The atmosphere is 97% hydrogen, 3% helium, and 0.5% methane

Saturn has only seven rings

Saturn radiates more energy into space than it receives from the sun

The temperature at its core is 178 degrees Celsius

A full day on Saturn is only 10 hours, 40 minutes, and 24 seconds

It’s rings are made of ice and dust

Lighting occurs in Saturn's clouds

A 100 pound object on Earth would weigh 116 pounds on Saturn

Saturn is often called the jewel of the solar system