Saturn

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Saturn

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//**Georgia**//
//**Michaela**// //**Jake**// //**Alex**//

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Saturn.

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 * Saturn has 62 moons and still counting on.Saturn has more moons than any other planet.
 * 53 of Saturn's moons are classified official moons 9 are provisional.
 * A year on Saturn is 10,756 earth hours. A day is 11 earth hours.
 * Scientists think that Saturn has 10,000 rings or more.
 * Saturn is made of helium.
 * Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture.
 * Saturn is about 1,421,200,000 km from the sun.
 * The diameter of Saturn is 120,536 km.
 * Saturn does not have valleys or craters.
 * The weather on Saturn is much like the gas giant planets. It is very cold and windy on the planet.
 * In the day, it is about -270 degrees During the night, it is about -220 degrees.
 * Saturn is the six planet from the sun
 * Saturn is the second largest planet.
 * Saturn's rings are made of ice.
 * 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.