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SATURN
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. Saturn gave us the name Saturday, its the second largest planet in the solar system. Its easy recognisable by the beautiful rings that surround it. The rings are formed by water ice and possibly by rocky particles. Saturn can be seen by naked eye, but not as brightly as the other planets. Like Jupiter its made of 75% hydrogen. Winds on the planet reach 1800 KM per hour. Saturn take 29.5 earth years to orbit the sun, a day on it is only ten earth hours.