Characteristics of Saturn
Saturns orbit lie's between those of Jupiter and Uranus; its mainfrom the sun is c.889 million miles(1.43billion km), almost twice that of jupite, and its period of revolution is about 29 1/2 years. Saturn appears in the sky as a yellow , starlike object of the first magnitude. When viewed through a telescope, it is seen as a golden sphere, crossed by a series of lightly colored bands parallel to the equator. Its temperature is belived to be about -270f(-168c) Traces of various ices have also been detected. The wind blows at high speeds reaching velocities of 1,100 mph (1,770kph) across saturn.
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