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Saturn SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Astronomy p.32
▸ ▸ Atmosphere p.33
Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system ▸ ▸ Jupiter p.141
after Jupiter and the sixth farthest planet from the sun. ▸ ▸ Moon p.171
It is a “gas giant,” mainly made of hydrogen and helium, ▸ ▸ Exploration

and is best known for its rings. pp.180–181
▸ ▸ Solar system
p.233
Icy rings
Saturn's rings are made
Ringed planet of chunks of ice, rocks,
and dust.
Saturn is surrounded by huge rings
that stretch over a vast distance.
However, they are only a few
hundred feet thick.

Saturn

Gaps between rings
The gaps between the
rings are areas with
less ice and dust.

Moons of Saturn
Like Jupiter, Saturn has more The unmanned
than 60 moons. Titan, the spacecraft Cassini
largest moon, has lakes of
liquid methane and a thick
atmosphere. Enceladus,
Saturn's sixth largest moon,
shoots out water from its
south pole.

Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini spacecraft explored
Saturn between 2004 and 2017.
A probe called Huygens, carried by
Cassini, landed on the surface of
Titan
Huygens probe Saturn's moon Titan in 2005.
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