Saturn

Saturn

  • has a diameter of 120,000 kilometres
  • is 1,425 million kilometres from the sun
  • takes 10 hours to turn once on its own axis
  • takes 29 years to orbit the sun
  • has 17 moons
  • has a surface temperature of –180 degrees Celsius

The atmospheric composition is 97% Hydrogen and 3% Helium.

Saturn

A picture of Saturn's rings

Above: Pictures of two of Saturns moons, Dione and Tethys

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