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Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Named after the Roman god of agriculture, its astronomical symbol (♄) represents the god's sickle (which is a handheld agriculture too). Saturn is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth. While only one-eighth the average density of Earth, with its larger volume Saturn is just over 95 times more massive.
Its surface area is 16.49 billion sq miles (42.7 billion km²), Its radius is 36,184 miles (58,232 km), It's mass is 568.3E24 kg (95.16 Earth mass), its distance from the Sun is 890,700,000 miles (1,433,000,000 km).
Saturn
A diagram of Saturn