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Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest after Jupiter.
Saturn is about 97% Hydrogen gas and 3% helium gas.
The Saturn rings were first observed by Galileo Galilei in 1610 with his telescope.
The gravity on Saturn is 1.08 times the gravity on Earth.
Saturn has at least 56 moons.
Saturn has first been visited by Pioneer 11 (1979). In November 1980, the Voyager 1 probe visited the Saturn system.
On July 1, 2004, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft entered into orbit around Saturn.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
orbit: 1,429,400,000 km (9.54 AU) from Sun
diameter: 120,536 km (equatorial)
mass: 5.68e26 kg
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