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Ring-a-Round the Saturn - NASA
Saturn is a funny-looking planet. True, it's not the only planet with rings. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have rings, too. But Saturn's rings are the biggest and brightest.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html
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Universe Today - Orbit of Saturn
The orbit of Saturn lasts 29.7 years. In other words, during the time Saturn completes one full revolution around the Sun, Earth has gone through almost 30 years.
http://www.universetoday.com/24168/orbit-of-saturn/
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Saturn Facts and Information - 11 Interesting Facts About Planet Saturn - Youtube
Saturn facts and Information. Here are the 11 amazing facts about planet Saturn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVn2F3uMCcY
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Planets For Kids - Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet in the Solar system and, when seen through a telescope, by far the most beautiful.
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-saturn.html
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Kids Astronomy - Saturn
Saturn was the Roman god of agriculture. He was called Cronus by the Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew his father to become king of the gods, but was then overthrown himself by his son Jupiter.
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/saturn.htm
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Saturn Astronomy - Encyclopedia
Saturn's orbit lies between those of Jupiter and Uranus; its mean distance from the sun is c.886 million mi (1.43 billion km), almost twice that of Jupiter, and its period of revolution is about 291/2 years.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Saturn_(astronomy).aspx
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See Ringed Planet Saturn at its Best - Astronomy Now
The one planet guaranteed to elicit an exclamation of wonder when first seen through a telescope is Saturn, particularly now that its glorious ring system is so prominently displayed. And it doesn't require a large telescope either - A good quality 60mm refractor is more than adequate to distinguish Saturn's globe and encompassing rings.
http://astronomynow.com/2015/05/18/see-ringed-planet-saturn-at-its-best/
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Saturn - Astronomy Magazine
For anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, black holes, comets, constellations, eclipses, exoplanets, nebulae, meteors, quasars, observing, telescopes, NASA, Hubble, space missions, stargazing, and more.
http://www.astronomy.com/tags/saturn
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Saturn Facts: Interesting Facts about the Planet Saturn - Space Facts
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that can be seen with the naked eye. It is best known for its fabulous ring system that was discovered in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
http://space-facts.com/saturn
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The Gas Giant Saturn - Universe Today
The farthest planet from the Sun that can be observed with the naked eye, the existence of Saturn has been known for thousands of years.
http://www.universetoday.com/15298/saturn/
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Saturn - Views of the Solar System
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system with an equatorial diameter of 119,300 km. Saturn is visibly flattened at the poles, a result of the very fast rotation of the planet on its axis.
http://solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm
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Planet Saturn: Facts About Saturn's Rings, Moons and Size
Learn about the physical characteristics of Saturn and its famous rings, what we know about Saturn's moons and Saturn's roots in Greek mythology.
http://www.space.com/48-saturn-the-solar-systems-major-ring-bearer.html
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Solar System Exploration - NASA
Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. All four gas giant planets have rings - made of chunks of ice and rock - but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's. Like the other gas giants, Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn
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Saturn: Educational Facts and History of the Planet Saturn - Nine Planets
In Roman mythology, Saturn is the god of agriculture. The associated Greek god, Cronus, was the son of Uranus and Gaia and the father of Zeus (Jupiter). Saturn is the root of the English word "Saturday".
http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html
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Saturn - Wikipedia
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
