SATURN

CHARACTERISTICS

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second biggest planet of the Solar System. 

It has seven rings that are composed of ice and dust . Is part of the exterior and gaseous planets. Saturn has many satellites (62), the largest one is Moon Titan. The first person who saw Saturn was Galileo Galilei.

FUN FACTS

The name of Saturn has origin in Greek mythology. It is the name of the god Cronos, who represents the time.

It is so big that it can contain more than 700 Earths.

Saturn's rings spin 15 times faster than a bullet, about 4800 km per hour.

A year in Saturn lasts over 29 Earth years, but only one day in Saturn lasts 10 hours and 14 minutes.

On Titan there are ice volcanoes.