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Saturn and its ring system, seen face-on
Plate VII

Saturn

Best known for its rings, made up almost entirely of water ice in fragments ranging from dust grains to house-sized chunks. It's so low in density that, in theory, it would float in an ocean large enough to hold it. Its moon Titan has an atmosphere of its own, and lakes of liquid methane on its surface.

Diameter116,460 km
Average distance from Sun1,434 million km
Local year29.4 Earth years
Confirmed moons285