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The second largest planet in the Solar System, sixth in line from the Sun.
- The most spectacular ring system of any planet in the Solar System
- Like Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune, Saturn is a gas giant. It is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Its volume is 755 times greater than Earth's.
Orbit: 1,429,400,000 km (9.54 AU) from Sun
Diameter: 120,536 km (equatorial)
Mass: 5.68e26 kg
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NUMBER OF MOONS - 25+
MAIN MOONS: Titan,Iapetus,Dione,Enceladus,Mimas
Titan - Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the whole Solar System.
Iapetus - Iapetus is a moon of Saturn, about a third the size of Earth's moon.
Dione - Dione is a moon orbiting the planet Saturn, about a third as large as Earth's Moon.
Enceladus - Enceladus is a small moon which orbits the planet Saturn.
Mimas - Mimas is a tiny moon orbiting the planet Saturn.
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