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=__ Describe How Saturn Got it's Name: __= Saturn got it's name after the roman god of agriculture, this god is named "Saturn".

__ Who Discovered Saturn: __
Galileo Discovered Saturn

__ When Was Saturn Discovered: __
Saturn was Discovered in 1610.

__ How Was Saturn Discovered: __
Galileo was looking at "Jupiter" through his telescope, but he was really looking at a different. This planet he named "Saturn".

__ Distances: __
Order from the Sun: 6th place Distance from the Sun: 1,433,449,370 km Distance from Earth: 377,400 km

__ Planet Measurements: __
Mass: 5.6851 x 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Volume: 827,130,000,000,000 km to the power of 3

__ Orbit And Rotation: __
Number of Days to Orbit Around The Sun: 10,760 Earth Days Perihelion: 1.35 billion

__ Equatorial Circumference: __
378,675 km

__ Mean Density: __
0.687

__ Gravity: __
8.96 m\s (92% that of earth)

__ Aphelion: __
1.4 billion km

__ Length Of One Day: __
10 hours 47 minutes

__ Planet Appearance: __
Saturn appears as a yellow, stared like object. Through a telescope, it appears as a golden sphere. Crossed with a series of light colored bands parallel to the equator.These bands are called rings.

__ Rings: __
There are more than 30 rings, 3 main rings are followed by smaller and dusty rings.

__ Satellites: __ __ there are 62 satllities __