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title: Saturn
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type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
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tags: Planet [[Gas Giant]]
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[img class=hero-image [Saturn Image]]
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the [[Sun]] in the [[Solar System]].
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Saturn is one of the four gas giant planets in the [[Solar System]], together with [[Jupiter]], [[Uranus]], and [[Neptune]]. It is the second largest planet in the [[Solar System]] ([[Jupiter]] is larger).
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Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus. He was considered to be the same as the Greek god Kronos. Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus' sickle.
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Inside Saturn is probably a core of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen compounds, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, then a layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and finally, an outer gaseous layer.
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Saturn has 145 known moons orbiting the planet. The largest moon is Titan. Titan is larger in volume than the planet [[Mercury]]. Titan is the second-largest moon in the [[Solar System]]. The largest moon is a moon of [[Jupiter]], Ganymede. There are also many rings around Saturn. These rings are made of ice with some rocks and dust. Some people think that that the rings were made by a moon impact or other event. Saturn is about 1,433,000,000 km (870,000,000 mi) on average from the [[Sun]]. Saturn takes 29.6 Earth years to move around the [[Sun]]. |