Solar System: Planets: Saturn

Saturn is a Jovian planet, meaning its composition is mainly gas. Basic facts about Saturn:

The largest of the twenty moons is Titan, with a diameter of 5150 km and density of 1890 kg/cubic meter. Its composition is mainly ice and rock. Thick cloudy atmosphere of nitrogen and methane. This is of some interest to people because it has conditions very similar to those of the primitive Earth, and life could be forming there.

The first three rings of Saturn (A, B, C) were discovered by Galileo, however later on the Voyager I and II missions discovered four more rings (D, E, F, G).

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