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Information on the astronomical development, evolution and properties of Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun in the Milky Way.

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Information on the astronomical development, evolution and properties of Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun in the Milky Way.

Ring-a-Round the Saturn - NASA

Saturn is a funny-looking planet. True, it's not the only planet with rings. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have rings, too. But Saturn's rings are the biggest and brightest.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html
Universe Today - Orbit of Saturn

The orbit of Saturn lasts 29.7 years. In other words, during the time Saturn completes one full revolution around the Sun, Earth has gone through almost 30 years.
http://www.universetoday.com/24168/orbit-of-saturn/
Saturn Facts and Information - 11 Interesting Facts About Planet Saturn - Youtube

Saturn facts and Information. Here are the 11 amazing facts about planet Saturn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVn2F3uMCcY
Planets For Kids - Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet in the Solar system and, when seen through a telescope, by far the most beautiful.
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-saturn.html
Kids Astronomy - Saturn

Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/saturn.htm
Saturn Astronomy - Encyclopedia

Saturn's orbit lies between those of Jupiter and Uranus; its mean distance from the sun is c.886 million mi (1.43 billion km), almost twice that of Jupiter, and its period of revolution is about 291/2 years.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Saturn_(astronomy).aspx
See Ringed Planet Saturn at its Best - Astronomy Now

The one planet guaranteed to elicit an exclamation of wonder when first seen through a telescope is Saturn, particularly now that its glorious ring system is so prominently displayed. And it doesn't require a large telescope either - A good quality 60mm refractor is more than adequate to distinguish Saturn's globe and encompassing rings.
http://astronomynow.com/2015/05/18/see-ringed-planet-saturn-at-its-best/
Saturn - Astronomy Magazine

For anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, black holes, comets, constellations, eclipses, exoplanets, nebulae, meteors, quasars, observing, telescopes, NASA, Hubble, space missions, stargazing, and more.
http://www.astronomy.com/tags/saturn
Saturn Facts: Interesting Facts about the Planet Saturn - Space Facts

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that can be seen with the naked eye. It is best known for its fabulous ring system that was discovered in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
http://space-facts.com/saturn
The Gas Giant Saturn - Universe Today

The farthest planet from the Sun that can be observed with the naked eye, the existence of Saturn has been known for thousands of years.
http://www.universetoday.com/15298/saturn/
Saturn - Views of the Solar System

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system with an equatorial diameter of 119,300 km. Saturn is visibly flattened at the poles, a result of the very fast rotation of the planet on its axis.
http://solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm
Planet Saturn: Facts About Saturn's Rings, Moons and Size

Learn about the physical characteristics of Saturn and its famous rings, what we know about Saturn's moons and Saturn's roots in Greek mythology.
http://www.space.com/48-saturn-the-solar-systems-major-ring-bearer.html
Solar System Exploration - NASA

Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. All four gas giant planets have rings - made of chunks of ice and rock - but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's. Like the other gas giants, Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn
Saturn: Educational Facts and History of the Planet Saturn - Nine Planets

In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god of agriculture. The associated Greek god, Cronus, was the son of Uranus and Gaia and the father of Zeus (Jupiter). Saturn is the root of the English word "Saturday".
http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html
Saturn - Wikipedia

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn

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Saturn

Saturn and its prominent rings, as captured by the Cassini orbiter ^[a]

Designations

Pronunciation

/ˈsætərn/ ^[1]

Named after

Saturn

Adjectives

Saturnian /səˈtɜːrniən/,^[2] Cronian^[3] / Kronian^[4] /ˈkroʊniən/^[5]

Symbol

Orbital characteristics^[6]

Epoch J2000.0

Aphelion

1,514.50 million km (10.1238 AU)

Perihelion

1,352.55 million km (9.0412 AU)

Semi-major axis

1,433.53 million km (9.5826 AU)

Eccentricity

0.0565

Orbital period (sidereal)

29.4475 yr
10,755.70 d
24,225 Saturnian solar days^[7]

Orbital period (synodic)

378.09 days

Average orbital speed

9.68 km/s

Mean anomaly

317.020°^[8]

Inclination

2.485° to ecliptic^[8]
5.51° to Sun's equator^[8]
0.93° to invariable plane^[9]

Longitude of ascending node

113.665°

Time of perihelion

2032-Nov-29^[10]

Argument of perihelion

339.392°^[8]

Known satellites

146 with formal designations; innumerable additional moonlets.^[11]^[12]

Physical characteristics^[6]

Mean radius

58232 km^[b]
9.1402 Earths

Equatorial radius

60268 km^[b]
9.449 Earths

Polar radius

54364 km^[b]
8.552 Earths

Flattening

0.09796

Circumference

365882.4 km (equatorial)^[13]

Surface area

4.27×10¹⁰ km²^[14]^[b]
83.703 Earths

Volume

8.2713×10¹⁴ km³^[b]
763.59 Earths

Mass

5.6834×10²⁶ kg
95.159 Earths

Mean density

0.687 g/cm³^[c]
0.1246 Earths

Surface gravity

10.44 m/s²
1.065 g₀^[b]

Moment of inertia factor

0.22^[15]

Escape velocity

35.5 km/s^[b]

Synodic rotation period

10 h 32 m 36 s;
10.5433 hours,^[16] 10 h 39 m;
10.7 hours^[7]

Sidereal rotation period

10^h 33^m 38^s ^{+ 1^m 52^s}
_{− 1^m 19^s} ^[17]^[18]

Equatorial rotation velocity

9.87 km/s^[b]

Axial tilt

26.73° (to orbit)

North pole right ascension

40.589°; 2^h 42^m 21^s^[19]

North pole declination

83.537°^[19]

Albedo

0.342 (Bond)^[20]
0.499 (geometric)^[21]

Surface temp.	min	mean	max
1 bar		134 K
0.1 bar	88 K^[22]	97 K^[23]	151 K^[22]

Apparent magnitude

−0.55^[24] to +1.17^[24]

Absolute magnitude (H)

−9.7^[25]

Angular diameter

14.5″ to 20.1″ (excludes rings)

Atmosphere^[6]

Surface pressure

>>1000 bars^[26]

Scale height

59.5 km

Composition by volume

96.3%±2.4% hydrogen
3.25%±2.4% helium
0.45%±0.2% methane
0.0125%±0.0075% ammonia
0.0110%±0.0058% hydrogen deuteride
0.0007%±0.00015% ethane
Icy volatiles:

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Ring-a-Round the Saturn - NASA

Saturn is a funny-looking planet. True, it's not the only planet with rings. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have rings, too. But Saturn's rings are the biggest and brightest.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html
Universe Today - Orbit of Saturn

The orbit of Saturn lasts 29.7 years. In other words, during the time Saturn completes one full revolution around the Sun, Earth has gone through almost 30 years.
http://www.universetoday.com/24168/orbit-of-saturn/
Saturn Facts and Information - 11 Interesting Facts About Planet Saturn - Youtube

Saturn facts and Information. Here are the 11 amazing facts about planet Saturn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVn2F3uMCcY
Planets For Kids - Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet in the Solar system and, when seen through a telescope, by far the most beautiful.
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-saturn.html
Kids Astronomy - Saturn

Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/saturn.htm
Saturn Astronomy - Encyclopedia

Saturn's orbit lies between those of Jupiter and Uranus; its mean distance from the sun is c.886 million mi (1.43 billion km), almost twice that of Jupiter, and its period of revolution is about 291/2 years.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Saturn_(astronomy).aspx
See Ringed Planet Saturn at its Best - Astronomy Now

The one planet guaranteed to elicit an exclamation of wonder when first seen through a telescope is Saturn, particularly now that its glorious ring system is so prominently displayed. And it doesn't require a large telescope either - A good quality 60mm refractor is more than adequate to distinguish Saturn's globe and encompassing rings.
http://astronomynow.com/2015/05/18/see-ringed-planet-saturn-at-its-best/
Saturn - Astronomy Magazine

For anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, black holes, comets, constellations, eclipses, exoplanets, nebulae, meteors, quasars, observing, telescopes, NASA, Hubble, space missions, stargazing, and more.
http://www.astronomy.com/tags/saturn
Saturn Facts: Interesting Facts about the Planet Saturn - Space Facts

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that can be seen with the naked eye. It is best known for its fabulous ring system that was discovered in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
http://space-facts.com/saturn
The Gas Giant Saturn - Universe Today

The farthest planet from the Sun that can be observed with the naked eye, the existence of Saturn has been known for thousands of years.
http://www.universetoday.com/15298/saturn/
Saturn - Views of the Solar System

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system with an equatorial diameter of 119,300 km. Saturn is visibly flattened at the poles, a result of the very fast rotation of the planet on its axis.
http://solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm
Planet Saturn: Facts About Saturn's Rings, Moons and Size

Learn about the physical characteristics of Saturn and its famous rings, what we know about Saturn's moons and Saturn's roots in Greek mythology.
http://www.space.com/48-saturn-the-solar-systems-major-ring-bearer.html
Solar System Exploration - NASA

Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. All four gas giant planets have rings - made of chunks of ice and rock - but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's. Like the other gas giants, Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn
Saturn: Educational Facts and History of the Planet Saturn - Nine Planets

In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god of agriculture. The associated Greek god, Cronus, was the son of Uranus and Gaia and the father of Zeus (Jupiter). Saturn is the root of the English word "Saturday".
http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html
Saturn - Wikipedia

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn