Top 10 Interesting Facts About Saturn

1. Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecraft

 

2. The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of farming

 

3. Saturn’s upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds

 

4. Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth years

 

5. Saturn has 150 moons

 

6. Saturn is not the only planet with rings. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also have rings

 

7. Saturn is the flattest planet

 

8. Nearly 1,600 Saturns could fit inside the Sun

 

9. Saturn can be seen with the naked eye

 

10.Saturn’s rings could be old, or they could be young