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FAST FACTS
There is room If you drove a car nonstop Moon Saturn has 62
to fit 764 Earths across Saturn’s rings at known moons.
inside Saturn. 30 mph (50 kph), the journey Many small,
would take 58 days. outer moons
travel along
tilted orbits far
outside the
planet’s rings.
Orbit Saturn

Beneath the haze around
Saturn are strong winds
and raging storms.
More than
21 Earths could
fit across the
diameter of
Saturn’s rings.

RINGED WONDER

In 2009, a
supersized ring
of dust grains was
discovered beyond
Saturn’s main rings.
It covers an area
almost 7,000 times
larger than Saturn.

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