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............6 Mimas ………………………………………………………23  \nFirst View ………………………………………………8Enceladus.................24  \nGetting Closer …………………………………9TheIcyMoons.............26  \nThe Rings .................10 Titan ………………………………………………………28  \nA World Without a Surface ...12 lapetus and Phoebe ………………………30  \nSaturn's Atmosphere ........14 Early Observations …………………………32  \nWhat's Inside Saturn?........16 Probes to Saturn…………………………34  \nCould Humans Live There?………36  \nA Day on Saturn…………………………………17  \nHow Saturn Formed .........18 Glossary …………………………………………37  \nBirth of the Rings ……………………………19MoreBookstoRead.........38  \nThe Saturn System ………………………20  \nIndex………………………………………………………39  \nShepherd Moons …………………………22  \nSome words are shown in bold,like this.  \nYou can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.  \nWhere Is Saturn?  \nSaturn,famous for its beautiful rings,liesfar out in the solar system.It is the mostdistant planet we can see clearly with thenaked eye.For centuries Saturn was thefurthest known planet,until the inventionof the telescope led to the discovery ofUranus,Neptune,and tiny Pluto.  \nGetting to Saturn  \nThe time it takes to reach Saturn dependson your method of transportation,and onthe positions of Earth and Saturn in theirorbits when you set off.  \nDistance from Earth to SaturnClosest793 million miles  \nSaturn is a gas giant—one of the hugeplanets made of gas that inhabit the outersolar system.It is the second largest planet,only slightly smaller than Jupiter,and couldswallow Earth nearly 1,000 times over.  \n(1.28 billion km)Furthest979 million miles  \n(1.58 billion km)  \nBy car at 70 miles per hour(117 kilometers per hour)Closest1,292 yearsFurthest 1,595 years  \nLike allthe planets,Saturn moves aroundthe Sun along a path called an orbit.Thetime it takes to complete one orbit is thelength of its year.Because Saturn is nearlyten times further from the Sun than Earth,its orbit is much longer and its year isabout 30 Earth years.Saturn's orbit isroughly circular,so it keeps a fairly steadydistance from the Sun.But its distancefrom Earth changes constantly,dependingon the positions of both planets in theirorbits.Saturn is closest to us when it linesup with Earth on the same side of the Sun,which happens once every fifteen years.  \nBy rocket at 7 miles per second(11.2 km per second)  \nClosest 3 years 7 monthsFurthest 4 years 5 months  \nTime for radio signals to reachSaturn (at the speed of light)Closest1 ho","cbCaiqwjwTC2FL17","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqwjwTC2FL17","pdf",3322805,44,"English","# Where Is Saturn?\n## Getting to Saturn\n## Distance from Earth to Saturn\n## Distance from the Sun\n## Size compared to Earth\n## First View","[{\"question\":\"Why is Saturn famous, and where is it located in the solar system?\",\"answer\":\"Saturn is famous for its beautiful rings and lies far out in the solar system. 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