saturn

Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and is another gas giant.

• Saturn has a small rocky core covered with liquid gas.
• It is surrounded by a system of rings that stretch out into space for thousands of kilometres.
• The rings are made up of millions of ice crystals, some as big as houses and others as small as specks of dust.
• Saturn is very light as it is made up of more hydrogen than helium so it is less dense. If we could fit Saturn into a bathtub it would float (but that would have to be one big bathtub!)
• Like Jupiter, Saturn has many moons which surround it.
• Saturn is not a peaceful planet.  Storm winds race around the atmosphere at 800kmp/h.
• Saturn has a very strong magnetic field which traps energy particles resulting in high levels of radiation.

By Ronan