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What is Saturn?

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun in the Solar System

Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is a gas giant.

The thing that makes Saturn different is its very large system of rings around it. These rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust. Saturn also has 62 known moons orbiting the planet. The largest moon is Titan which is the second-largest moon in the Solar System. Saturn’s distance to the sun is about 1,400,000,000 km (869,000,000 mi). It takes Saturn 29.6 years to revolve around the Sun.

Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus.

Source: Wikipedia

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