All about Saturn
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All about Saturn Have you wondered what Saturn is? Read this story to learn about Saturn. There are 7 big rings that make up Saturn's rings. Saturn's rings are made up of small pieces of rock, dust, and ice. Every 15 years Saturn's rings will disappear and then reappear. Small Saturn's rings are called ringlets. Galileo Galilei was the first man to see Saturn's rings in 1610. Saturn has 62 moons. The two biggest moons of Saturn are called Titan and Enceladus. Titan was discovered in 1655 by the Christiaan-Huygens and Enceladus was discovered in 1789 by William-Herschel. How Saturn moves One Saturn day takes 10 hours and 45 minutes. One year on Saturn takes 295 Earth years 10,756 earth days. Saturn orbits 886 million miles or 1.4 billion kilometers away from the sun. Saturn's orbital speed is 21,637 miles per hour. Inside Saturn Saturn has a thick atmosphere and has a core of rock and ice at its center.