Saturn
SaturnSaturn probably holds the distinction of the most attractive planet (well, next to Earth!) because of its amazing rings that circle it.  The rings are of ice or ice-covered particles, and although they stretch out vast distances from the planet, they are only thin.  Like Jupiter, Saturn is a "gas giant" with lower density than Earth.  Saturn has at least 28 moons, the largest one being Titan, which has an atmosphere and water.  A spacecraft called Cassini left earth in 1997 and will send a probe to Titan in 2004.
Planet
Size (diameter in km)
Distance from Sun - km
Distance as ratio of earth
Mean surface temperature - Celsius
Saturn
120,536
1,429,400,000
9.5
- 185

More information on Saturn:

 

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/choices/saturn1.htm

http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/saturn.html
 

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