Saturn

=Saturn= Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is also the second largest planet after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn.Saturn's symbol represents the Roman god's sickle ♄. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes called the Jovian (Jupiter-like) planets. Saturn has an average radius about 9 times bigger than the Earth's.Saturn's mass is just over 95 times bigger than Earth's.

Saturn's core is probably made up of iron, nickel, silicon and oxygen, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, and finally, an outer gassy layer. The outer atmosphere is generally bland in appearance. Wind speeds on Saturn can reach 1,800 km/h, a lot faster than those on Jupiter.

Saturn has nine rings, made up mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky d ebris and dust. Sixty-two known moons orbit Saturn; fifty-three are named. This is not counting hundreds of "moonlets" in the rings. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is larger than the planet Mercury and is the only moon in the Solar System to possess a significant atmosphere.