Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system. It is the sixth planet away from the sun. It has beautiful rings
Gas giant
Saturn is one of the four gas giants - the others are Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune - in our solar system. This means its surface is made mostly of gas. The gas is mostly hydrogen. Saturn has a solid ball of rock at its centre. It's covered by metal hydrogen.
Big winds
The wind on Saturn can reach 1,800 kilometres per hour. The highest wind speed recorded on Earth is 372kph.
The years drag
Saturn is a long way from the Sun. It takes much longer to go around the sun than Earth. In fact, one Saturn year is 29.5 Earth years. But days are much faster. A day on Saturn only lasts 10 hours. This is because Saturn spins more quickly than Earth.