Saturn

Saturn - the planet with rings

How Saturn got it's name:
Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.

How big is Saturn?Saturn has a diameter of 120, 540 km and it is located 1, 427 million kilometres from the Sun.

Time on Saturn:
A day on Saturn lasts 10 hours Earth days (the same as Jupiter) and a year lasts 30 years. 

How many moons does it have?
Saturn has 53 official moons and 9 provisional (unofficial) moons. The most well-known of Saturn's moons is probably Titan. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System next to Jupiter's Ganymede. Titan is larger than the planet Mercury. Some of the other moons are Atlas, Calypso, Dione, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Janus, Mimas, Phoebe, and Tethys.

Did you know!
Saturn is the furthest planet from Earth that can be seen without the help of a telescope.