SATURN
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an avarage raduis of about nine times that of Earth. It only has one-eight the average density of Earth; however, with its larger volume, Saturn is over 95 times more massive.
Saturn is the most distant planet can be seen with naked ey, it is the fifth brightest object in the Solar System and is also easily studied through binoculars or small telescope. Saturn is the flattest planet, it polar diameter is 90% if its equatorial diameter, this is due to low density and fast rotation. Saturn upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds
Saturn Facts
- Diameter: 116 460 km
- Mass: 5,683 x 10^26 kg
- Orbit Distance: 9.957 AU
- Orbit period: 29 years
- Surface Temparature: -178° 288°
- First Record: 8 Century
- Recorded By: Assyrains