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Saturn

The ringed jewel of the solar system/Planets

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun, famous for its spectacular ring system made of ice and rock particles. It is the least dense planet in the solar system, less dense than water. Saturn has over 140 known moons, including Titan, the second-largest moon in the solar system.

Measurements

Equatorial diameter121 million m
80.4 billionAnt antennae
438 quadrillionWater molecules
Mass568 septillion kg
94.7 quadrillionGreat Pyramid masses
49.4 octillionAAA batteries
Mean orbital speed9,680 m/s
927Usain Bolts
2.4 hundredthsSolar winds
Cloud-top temperature134 K
4.3 tenthsCat body temperatures
3 tenthsCookie ovens
3.6 tenthsBoiling water

At 1 bar pressure level

Sidereal day length38,018 s
912,359Film frames
1.5 hundredthsLunar months

About 10 hours 33 minutes

Mean distance from the Sun1.4 trillion m
1.2 trillionShipping pallets
3.2 billionPetronas Tower heights
Ring outer diameter283 million m
927 millionSubway Footlongs
6.4 billionOreo diameters
2.4 millionSki jump hills

Outer edge of the main rings (A ring)

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