Saturn 101 | National Geographic

Saturn - The 6th Rock from the Sun-Share 1

We have covered our Solar System's first five Planets, their Moons, and the Asteroid Belt with two large objects, Ceres, a Dwarf Planet, and Vesta, a very large asteroid... We have also covered many of the NASA space missions along with others... Now we examine our Planet Saturn, its moons, and the missions we have undertaken thus far... We will start with the basics and move to more detail in coming Posts... Enjoy!

Note some fundamental facts as delineated by Wikipedia...

"Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth. It has only one-eighth the average density of Earth, but with its larger volume Saturn is over 95 times more massive."
Distance from Sun: 890.8 million mi
Orbital period: 29 years
Radius: 36,184 mi
Length of day: 0d 10h 42m
Moons: Enceladus, Titan, Mimas, Dione, Tethys, Iapetus, Pan, MORE