Saturn
In: 2. The Universe
Saturn
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Created: 05 Dec 2000

The Solar System | Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter
Saturn | Chiron | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto
The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud | Quaoar | Eris | Sedna

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the furthest known to classical observers (the Greeks and the Romans). It's about 95 times more massive than the Earth , and about ten times as far away from the Sun. It has a low density, so low that it could float in a bath of water if one could be found that was big enough.

The most famous feature of Saturn, though, is its incredibly beautiful ring system.

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