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20 fascinating facts about the planet Saturn
If you like to watch the sky at night, you should watch these facts about one of the planets out there, the one we call Saturn.
Saturn is the lightest planet in our solar system.
This planet is known as a "gas giant".
Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system.
Saturn's rings are made up of rocks and ice.
If you were driving at 75 miles (121 km) per hour, it would take 258 days to drive around one of Saturn's rings.
Saturn's winds can blow up to 1,100 miles per hour, which makes it the windiest planet in our solar system.
Saturn has a very low density, if you can put it in water, it will float!
Saturn is so large that the Earth can fit into it 755 times!
Saturn is twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter.
A year on Saturn would take nearly thirty Earth years.
A day on Saturn is 10 hours 39 minutes.
Enceladus, one of Saturn's smaller moons, reflects about 90% of the sunlight, making it reflect more than snow!
Saturn is about 856 million miles from the sun
Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture.
Saturn has 64 known moons orbiting it.
Sometimes, Saturn can be the 3rd brightest planet in the night sky.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the only moon in the Solar System to have an atmosphere.
Saturn has about 75% hydrogen and 25% helium with small traces of water, methane and ammonia.
Galileo was the first person to observe this planet with a telescope in 1610.
Saturn is the root of the English word "Saturday".
