saturn

=__roSaturn__=

Saturn is the 6th planet and the sun and the second largest planet out of al 9 planets.
 * Orbit:** 1,429,4000 km (887,220,000 miles) or (9.54 AU) from Sun
 * Diameter:** 120,536 km or 74,901 miles (equatorial)
 * Mass:** 5.68 x 1026 kg or 12.5244 x 1026 lbs

Saturn has been known since prehistoric times and galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610. Saturn was first visited by pioneer 1 in 1979 and later by voyager 1 and voyeger 2. Saturn is visibly flattened when views through a small telesc ope; its equal and polar diametres vary by almost 10%. saturn is the least dense of all planets; its specific (0.7) is less then the that of water. If you were able to find a big container and fill it up with water and put Saturn on top of it, then Saturn would float.

A bit similar to jupiter, Saturn is 75% hydrogen and 25% helium with some traces of water, methane, ammonia and "rock". The interior of saturn is also similar to jupiter whihc has a rocky core, a liquid metallic hydrogen layer and a moleculer hydrogen layer. Saturns interior is burning hot at 12, 273 F at the core, and it send more energy into space then it recieves from the sun.

Saturn's rings are very very thin. although thay are 155,350 miles or more in a diametre, ther are no more then 1 mile in thickness. though they have a very well appearance, that they have evry little material in the rings. If the rings were able to be compressed into a single body, it would be no more then 62 miles across

the particals in the rings seem to be composed primarily of water, ice, but hey may also include rocky particles with icy coatings. but the origins of saturns rings or any other rings of other gas planets are unknown. though they may have had rings since their formation, the rings system are not stable. they must generate by ongoing prosses, whihch would probably be the break up of larger satilites. with other gas planets, saturn also has a asigninficant magentic feild.

saturns rings
 * **Ring** || **Distance**
 * (miles)** || **Width**
 * (mile**s) || **Mass**
 * (lbs)** ||
 * D || 41634 || 4660 || ? ||
 * C || 46294 || 10874 || 2.508 x 10e18 ||
 * B || 57169 || 15946 || 6.384 x 10e19 ||
 * **Cassini division** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * A || 75935 || 9072 || 14.136 x 10e18 ||
 * F || 87126 || 311 || ? ||
 * G || 103028 || 4971 || 2.28 x 10 e 7 ||
 * E || 111852 || 186420 || ? ||