Saturn

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The mythical name of Saturn!

Saturn’s name is Sani.
Sani’s parents were the Sun god Surya and Chhaya which means shade.
The ascending and descending nodes, which are the invisible nodes of the moons orbit were considered enough to be included in the planetary council.
Hindus believed that the planets were able to effect the life of history.

Saturn’s moons and rings!

The gas giant planet Saturn has a large group of 60 moons.
Saturn’s moon Titan is one of the few moons in the solar system with much of an atmosphere.

How long it takes to orbit the sun!

It takes 9.53 AU (Earth=1 AU)
It is 1.5 billion km (938 million miles.)The maximum.

Named after

Saturn is named after Cronus. Cronus was the son of Uranus and Gaea. They had a total of six children.

Distance across the planet

119,871 km (74,500 miles.)

What its made of

It is made of sulfur

Days on the planet

10.67 hrs

Names of moons

It has 60 moons. It ‘s largest moon is Titan.

temperature

-170%c(-274%f) The % means degrees.

Atmosphere

The clouds of Saturn are much less colourful then those of Jupiter.