Saturn
The ringed planet
Basic facts
- Saturn is the 6th planet away from the sun.
- It is the second largest planet in the Solar System, second to Jupiter.
- It is 890,700,000 miles from the Sun.
- It is 483.8 miles from it's neighbor planet, Jupiter.
- Saturn's atmosphere is made up mostly of hydrogen with some helium, methane, ammonia and other various gases.
Moons
Titan
Saturn's biggest moon that has a nitrogen rich atmosphere
Iapetus
Saturn's two sided moon, one that is as white as snow and the other as dark as coal.
Enceladus
Saturn's Icy moon that has an underground sea.
Pan
Both Pan and Atlas are oddly flying saucer shaped moons of Saturn.
Atlas
Saturn's other odd flying saucer shaped moon.
Prometheus
A shepherd moon that keeps Saturn's rings in their orbit's.
Pandora
Saturn's other shepherd moon, like Prometheus.
Epimetheus
A satellite moon of Saturn.
Janus
A satellite moon of Saturn.
Dione
An icy planet that has a thin oxygen atmosphere of Saturn.
Rhea
Saturn's second largest moon and is very icy.
Hyperion
The largest non-spherical spongy moon of Saturn.
Mimas
One of Saturn's moons that looks similar to the "Death Star" from the movie Star Wars.
Tethys
A frozen moon of Saturn.
Phoebe
A satellite moon of Saturn.
Helene
A moon of saturn
Telesto
A moon of saturn.
Calypso
A moon of saturn.