| Age |
About the same age as the Sun: 4.5
billion years |
| Location |
Solar system |
| Avg. distance from the Sun |
1,429,000,000 km (888,200,000 miles) |
| Diameter |
120,500 km (74,900 miles) |
| Mass |
5.69 x 1026 kg |
| Orbital period around the Sun |
29.46 Earth years (10,750 Earth days) |
| Number of moons |
Saturn has more than 50 moons, 35
of which are named and the rest of which were recently discovered. |
| Distinguishing features |
Saturn's most distinctive feature is
the thousands of rings that orbit the planet. The ring particles seem
to be composed primarily of water ice, but they may also include rocky
particles with icy coatings. Saturn is less dense than water: if you could
fit Saturn in a bathtub, it would float. |