Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system, making it about 95 times larger than the Earth! The sixth planet out from the sun, it takes Saturn about 29.5 years to orbit the sun one time, traveling a distance of roughly 1,426,000,000 kilometers for one single revolution!
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Learn more about the Cassini spacecraft’s findings of liquid water on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, and see how this revelation changes the range of sustainable environments for living organisms in outer space. Watch an animation of the Cassini Saturn orbital insertion. Study the latest Cassini findings with our amazing satellite photos of craters, cracks, volcanoes and much more on Titan, which is Saturn’s largest moon. Zoom in on the first radio occultation observation of Saturn’s rings and see them unraveled right before your eyes!
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