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Saturn Is Losing Its Rings at 'Worst-Case-Scenario' Rate 17, 2018 — New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings,the rings are being pulled into Saturn by gravity.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 of about nine times that of Earth. It only has one-eighth the average density of Earth; however, with its larger volume, Saturn is over 95 times more massive.

Sixth gas ball from the sun

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Fact 1

DISTANCE FROM THE SUN: 838,741,509 to 934,237,322 miles (1,349,823,615 to 1,503,509,229 kilometers)

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Fact 2

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: -288° F (-178° C)

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Fact 3

LENGTH OF SPACE JOURNEY FROM EARTH TO SATURN: 3 years

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Fact 4

GRAVITY: If you weigh 100 pounds (45 kilograms) on Earth, you’d weigh 107 pounds (49 kilograms) here.