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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:SaturnScrshot.jpg|240px]] | |colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:SaturnScrshot.jpg|240px]] | ||
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− | |colspan="2" align="center"|'''Saturn in Orbiter | + | |colspan="2" align="center"|'''Saturn in Orbiter''' |
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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. | 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. | ||
− | Saturn has | + | Saturn has 79 known moons orbiting the planet; 53 are officially named. Which means that 26 are waiting to be officially named.[9] The largest moon is Titan, which is larger in volume than the planet Mercury. Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System. The largest moon is Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. There is also a very large system of rings around Saturn. These rings are made of ice with smaller amounts of rocks and dust. Some people believe that the rings were caused from a moon impact or other event. Saturn is about 1,400,000,000 km (869,000,000 mi) from the Sun. Saturn takes 29.6 Earth years to revolve around the Sun. |
Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus (called Kronos in Greek mythology). Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus' sickle. | Saturn was named after the Roman god Saturnus (called Kronos in Greek mythology). Saturn's symbol is ♄ which is the symbol of Saturnus' sickle. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
− | [[w:Saturn|Saturn]] at | + | [[w:Saturn|Saturn]] at Wikipedia. |
− | + | Go to [[:Category:Addons for Saturn|Addons for Saturn]] | |
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== References == | == References == | ||
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{{SaturnSat}} | {{SaturnSat}} | ||
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[[Category: Articles]] | [[Category: Articles]] | ||
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[[Category:Solar System]] | [[Category:Solar System]] | ||
[[Category: Planets]] | [[Category: Planets]] | ||
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