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Saturn ([ˈsætɚn] (help·info)) is the sixth planet from the Sun an the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Along with the planets Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune it is classified as a gas giant (also known as a Jovian planet, after the planet Jupiter). It was named after the Roman god Saturnus, equated to the Greek Kronos (the Titan father of Zeus) and the Babylonian Ninurta. Saturn's symbol represents the god's sickle (Unicode: ♄).

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  • Its ring system is more than 170,000 miles in diameter, but only about a mile thick
  • Its "A" ring is a little over 9,000 miles wide
  • Second largest planet in the solar system
  • A storm of ammonia clouds billowing 150 miles high is seen on this planet
  • In 1857 James Clerk Maxwell concluded that its rings were made of small, unconnected particles
  • Iapetus orbits it
  • Titan is the largest moon of this ringed planet
  • In the '90s video game competitors ran rings around this Sega console
  • This ringed planet is the farthest one from earth that can be seen with the naked eye
  • By Jove! This father of Jove has a day & a planet named for him
  • It's the colossal booster rocket that lifted the Apollo missions to the moon
  • This Spring Hill, Tennessee car company runs rings around the competition with its Ion & Sky models
  • From Earth, this planet's 100,000 or so ringlets appear as just 3 broad rings
  • Astronomic name for the booster rocket used to power the launch
  • In 1980 Voyager 1 revealed that 2 of this planet's rings are braided
  • General Motors' first new nameplate in over 60 years, it bears the name of the sixth planet
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew, dressed for a clean environment, delivers the clue from the Jet Propulsion Lab.) You're looking at a Cassini spacecraft, like the one en route to study Titan, a moon of this planet
  • Galileo was the first person to see the rings around this planet
  • This planet's famous rings were first seen by the Italian scientist Galileo in 1610
  • Christian Huygens wrote about this planet's rings way back in 1659
  • This planet is only about ¾ as dense as water, so it probably wouldn’t leave “rings” in the bathtub
  • This sixth planet from the Sun was first visited by Pioneer 11 in 1979
  • Around 1675 Gian Domenico Cassini observed a dark gap in this planet's main rings
  • The most distant one known to the ancients
  • The crepe ring is the transparent C ring in this planet's ring system
  • This GM car is named for a rocket, not a planet
  • This "planetary" GM offshoot said that 2010 would be its last orbit
  • Taken recently, the ultraviolet image seen here shows this planet's most famous feature
  • Photos published in June 1999 show its largest moon, Titan, may have liquid seas
  • A phrase used to remember this planet's main moons is "Met Dr. Thip"; Titan is the second T
  • In 1980 the Voyager spacecraft found that this planet's B ring had radial features called spokes
  • A carmaker known for its Astra & Aura
  • Like our moon, only one side of Titan, this planet's satellite, always faces the planet's surface
  • Titan is the largest moon of this planet; Calypso & Telesto are among the smallest
  • Spring Hill, Tennessee is home to this company that makes "A Different Kind of Car"
  • The 1960s rocket that shared its name with this planet only went as far as Earth's moon
  • This second-largest planet takes almost 30 years for one solar revolution
  • In 2002 this GM line launched a new small car series, the Ion, to replace its S-Series
  • The Cassini spacecraft is scheduled to study this planet & send a probe to the surface of its moon Titan
  • Although the next planet out from Jupiter, it's almost twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter
  • This Roman god of sowing & harvesting had a planet named for him
  • Seen here, this brand's emblem is out of this world
  • Planet once thought unique, it no longer runs "rings" around its neighbors
  • The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet
  • Titan, this planet's largest moon, orbits it every 16 days
  • One of Goya's works depicts this father of Jupiter "devouring his children"
  • Bands of debris & ice surround it, as do its satellites, including Titan
  • Cronus, son of Uranus, became this other planet
  • Titan, a moon of this planet, has a thicker atmosphere than Earth
  • Launched in 1990, this "planetary" auto company is renowned for its personal service
  • It orbits the sun at a mean distance of about 888 million miles, though we're not sure what kind of MPG it gets
  • The least dense planet in the solar system, it would actually float if you could find a big enough tub to put it in
  • Despite being 10 times the size of the Earth, this sixth planet from the sun would actually float in water
  • Some models from this car manufacturer are Sky, Ion & Vue
  • Titan towers as this planet's main moon
  • NASA was agog at images of this planet's unique auroral features sent by Cassini in 2008
  • Cronus
  • Originally painted in Goya's own dining room, this planetary god is seen here devouring one of his kids

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